Why did people of London call underground railway 'the iron monster’. Give any three reasons

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Why did people of London call underground railway 'the iron monster’. Give any three reasons.


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(i) Underground railway was considered a menace to health.

(ii) The massive destruction was also made in the process of construction of underground railway.

(iii) House were knocked down, streets broken through and stopped.

(iv) Deep pits and trenches dug in the ground.

(v) It also led to a massive displacement of the London poor.

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