The London Underground

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The 19th century saw an explosion in population in London. The city grew severalfold and became the largest city in the world. With so many people and the city growing so rapidly, transportation became a huge problem. One solution was to provide the new technology known as locomotives in the city. However, building train tracks would require a great deal of land which simply didn’t exist. The solution to their problem lay under their feet. Learn more about the London Underground, its origin, and its growth on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp Visit BetterHelp.com/everywhere today to get 10% off your first month ButcherBox Sign up today at butcherbox.com/daily and use code daily to choose your free steak for a year and get $20 off." Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The city grew several fold and
0:05.0	became the largest city in the world.
0:07.0	With so many people and the city growing so rapidly,
0:10.0	transportation became a huge problem.
0:12.0	One solution was to provide the new technology transportation became a huge problem.
0:13.0	One solution was to provide the new technology known as locomotives in the city.
0:17.0	However, building train tracks would require a great deal of land which simply didn't exist.
0:22.0	It turned out the solution of their problem
0:24.8	laid underneath their feet. Learn more about the London Underground,
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