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02038aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 989780A839F211E2A1BCCBEE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20121129010125 008 121121s2012 nyua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0307473783 020 $a 9780307473783 040 $a JRK $c JRK $d SILO $d SILO 100 1 $a Ackroyd, Peter. 245 1 $a London under : $b the secret history beneath the streets / $c Peter Ackroyd. 260 $a New York : $b Anchor Books, $c c2012. 300 $a 228 p. : $b ill. ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a "Originally published in Great Britain by Chatto & Windus"-T.p. verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [207] -209) and index. 505 0 $a Darkness visibile -- Rising up -- Holy water -- Forgotten streams -- Old Man River -- The heart of darkness -- The pipes of London -- The mole men -- The deep lines -- Far under ground -- Buried secrets -- The war below -- Deep fantasies. 520 $a To go under London is to penetrate history, and Ackroyd's book is filled with the stories unique to this underworld: a hydraulic device was used to lower bodies into the catacombs in Kensal Green cemetery; the door in the plinth of the statue of Boadicea on Westminster Bridge leads to a huge tunnel packed with cables for gas, water, and telephone; sulphurous fumes waft through the Underground's Metropolitan Line. Peter Ackroyd tunnels down through the geological layers of London, meeting the creatures that dwell in darkness and excavating the lore and mythology beneath the surface. 650 0 $a Underground areas $z London $z London $x History. 650 0 $a Subways $z London $z London $x History. 650 0 $a Tunnels $z London $z London $x History. 651 0 $a London (England) $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a London (England) $x History. 941 $a 3 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20181107045120.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20160923035801.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20121129010318.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=989780A839F211E2A1BCCBEE6AFF544E 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search