St Pancras Railway Station Architecture

St Pancras Railway Station Architecture. A detail shot of the architecture of St. Pancras Railway station, London, UK Stock Photo Alamy St Pancras will, no doubt, continue to be studied as an index of Britain's psyche for many years, although, for a compact but considered analysis, the book by Simon Bradley (St Pancras Station, £8.99) that was published just in time for the reopening is unbeatable.The train shed, which was the widest unsupported span in the world at the time of its construction, has become the most. Pancras International station opened in 1868 and is one of the wonders of Victorian engineering

St Pancras Train Station, London Editorial Photography Image of showplace, landmark 274478867
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Pancras International station opened in 1868 and is one of the wonders of Victorian engineering That divide between architecture and engineering would persist for several decades

St Pancras Train Station, London Editorial Photography Image of showplace, landmark 274478867

Its regeneration in the 21st century restored the grandeur… St Pancras includes two of the most celebrated structures built in Britain in the Victorian era Pancras train shed was an immense 700 feet (213 meters) in length.

St. Pancras Station stock photo. Image of city, train 11787326 St pancras station, St. whose design for St Pancras Station was a departure from the more utilitarian structures that characterised earlier railway architecture In 1923, St Pancras was transferred to the management of the London Midland & Scottish Railway; the LMS focused its activities on Euston, and so began the decline of St Pancras over the next 60 years.

St Pancras Train Station, London Editorial Photography Image of showplace, landmark 274478867. The station proper was a mere shed, an industrial structure symbolic of a building type that did not fit neatly into the accepted definition of architecture The Architecture the Railways Built - Ribblehead Viaduct