Railway Architecture
by
Bill Fawcett
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Shire Library
ISBN-10
0747814457
ISBN-13
9780747814450
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Shire Publications
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 10th, 2015
Print length
64 Pages
Weight
146 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.90 x 0.50 cms
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The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals: once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age. This book tells the story of railway architecture.
The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals: once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age. However, these grand buildings are only part of the story – not only was the country peppered with humbler individually styled station buildings, but also with bridges, signal boxes, engine sheds and other structures specific to the railways. In this illustrated introduction, Bill Fawcett tells the story of railway architecture from the age of George Stephenson to modern times, including such influential architects as Sir George Gilbert Scott and Charles Holden.
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