Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Electricity underground: the politics of a new technology in London and Paris at the turn of the twentieth century Session 5: Underground technologies and bodies Carlos Lopez Galviz (University of...

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 Crossing oceans to cross rivers: trans-Atlantic knowledge and capital in tunnelling history Session 6: Underground comparisons and connections Tim White (New Jersey City University) Abstract: Not long...

Institute of Historical Research Going Underground: Travel Beneath the Metropolis 1863-2013 A transatlantic connection: Philadelphia, London, and the urban transit at the turn of the twentieth century Jim Wolfinger (DePaul University) Abstract: By American standards, Philadelphia was a large,...