Barons Court Underground station: high-backed seats
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Barons Court Underground station: high-backed seats by Stefan Czapski as part of the Geograph project.
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Barons Court Underground station: high-backed seats
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 24 Oct 2021
Even apart from the steam-age platform canopies, a range of early fixtures and fittings have survived here. From childhood memory I can say that these seats - and the colour they are painted ('crimson lake' ?) - are just as they were more than half a century ago. In all likelihood they date from 1905, when the station first opened. The blue enamel panel with its sans-serif lettering is later - probably from the late 1930's.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.490413
Longitude
-0.214907