Sujet

The Great Western Railway New Terminus, at Paddington, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Great Western Railway New Terminus, at Paddington, 1854. Newly opened station at Paddington in London: 'It is the joint work of Mr [Isambard Kingdom] Brunel and Mr. [Matthew Digby] Wyatt: the former having arranged the general plan, and the engineering and business portion; the latter the architectural details in every department...The roofing contains 189 wrought-iron ribs, or arches, of an elliptical form, and arranged in rows of three each, parallel to one another, with twelve diagonal ribs at the transepts...The central half of each of the curved roofs is glazed, and the other portion is covered with corrugated galvanised iron...The execution of the design has been superintended by Mr. Brunel, principally through one of his chief assistants, Mr. Charles Gainsford. The work was done by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_441

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Format disponible

24,2Mo (2,4Mo) / 31,2cm x 19,4cm / 3689 x 2295 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation building glass interior railways train architecture engineering metal British railway station column pillar pillars roof platforms railway station Victorian century platform train station iron Britain steam train inside newspapers press civil engineering wrought iron steam trains B&W dais 19th century Indoors black & white black and white B W nineteenth century Paddington Station The Print Collector Great Western Railway GWR Illustrated London News ILN newspaper engraving Unknown Isambard Kingdom Brunel Brunel Wyatt Matthew Digby Wyatt Isambard Kingdom 19th-century Matthew Digby