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The Real Underground

The map of the London Underground we know and love was designed by Harry Beck in 1933, an electrical engineer he based the map upon the schematic of a circuit diagram.

But was Design’s gain Geography’s loss?

Is our image of London distorted by the Underground map?

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By Matt Wharton

Matt Wharton is a dad, vlogger and IT Infrastructure Consultant. He was also in a former life a cinema manager.

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