London Underground: Harry Beck’s map

Posted on 20 May 2007 by Ed

Harry Beck drew this iconic 1933 London Underground map, based on his experience with electrical circuit diagrams:
Harry Beck's 1933 London Underground map

Really beautiful. Instantly recognizable. Legible. And there’s the Thames for reference; but that’s the only geographical feature. (Another view of the same map.)

The current London Underground map (.pdf) encodes a lot more information, not as beautifully as Harry’s I think.

2 thoughts on “London Underground: Harry Beck’s map”

SlackAlice on 11 September 2007 at 7:35 am said:

Do you know how hard it is to get a London Underground map off the net. Thanks :)
Jason Harper on 19 October 2010 at 12:07 am said:

Thanks. I’ve had trouble finding a picture of the london underground in that high of a resolution.

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