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3 unusual facts about Charles Yerkes


District Railway

The District found an investor to finance the upgrade in 1901, American Charles Yerkes.

To finance electrification at the beginning of the 20th century, American financier Charles Yerkes took it over and made it part of his Underground Electric Railways Company of London (UERL) group.

Union Construction Company

The Union Construction Company (UCC) was a company set up in 1901 and associated with Charles Yerkes, an American associated with the London Underground at that time.



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