This statue of James Henry Greathead is located just outside the Royal Exchange building in London city. One of the great things about walking around a city like London is that you come upon a statue like this - of someone you have no idea who they are and it forces you to do a little research. James Henry Greathead was an engineer who helped pioneer some of the tunneling techniques to build under ground railroads - like the Tube. I won't go into detail about how underground tunnels were first built - but I've seen pictures and let's just say it was slow and incredibly labor intensive. Greathead and others changed that and helped create one of the great subways of the world.
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