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ground (it didn't matter when you were in the 'Tube' and travelling from,
say, Piccadilly to Cockfosters on the Piccadilly line) - it was the connec-
tions that mattered (Garland, 1994). Beck's training as an electrical
draughtsman is obvious when one looks at his conceptual drawing for the
map (
Figure 2
). It is all about lines and connections.
Figure 2:
Sketch for London Underground map Henry C. (Harry) Beck (1903-74), 1931.
Pencil and coloured ink.
Source: Garland, 1994, p. 16.
Beck's original design moved away from the concept that the maps had to
follow the actual geographical route of the lines. By replacing the strict
geographically imposed demands that required that representations be
placed exactly where they were located with a regular pattern of generally
horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines his new 'diagram' showed more
clearly the relative locations of the different lines and the sequence of
stations. Beck's first published map is shown in
Figure 3
.
