A few tiny things I learned about London Underground today that delighted me, a small thread:
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There is something enthralling to me about just this *idea,* a map saving a transit system. That’s it! (For now…?)
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7. Some of the platforms and recently refurbished subway trains come with an interesting visual device: “tiger teeth” (or dragon teeth, or alligator teeth) warning patterns to discourage you from putting your fingers or hands in between closing doors.pic.twitter.com/p5RCgOQsqU
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8. Genuinely impressed by the size of the cable wheels powering the Glasgow Subway before electrification. (San Francisco cable cars power station has some big wheels, but they don’t seem nearly as impressive.)pic.twitter.com/3xmZvAQ8NW
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9. (Back to London.) The Barbican tube station has this cute plaque, celebrating a station cat called Pebbles. (And there’s an entire page dedicated to railway and station cats of Great Britain: http://www.purr-n-fur.org.uk/featuring/wk-rail04a.html …)pic.twitter.com/jrt4NDscd9
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