Description |
1 online resource (203 pages) |
Series |
Wonders of the World |
|
Wonders of the world.
|
Contents |
Contents; CHAPTER 1 Groundwork; CHAPTER 2 Going Gothic; CHAPTER 3 The Train Shed; CHAPTER 4 Engineers' Architecture, Architects' Engineering; CHAPTER 5 The Midland Grand; CHAPTER 6 The Railway World; CHAPTER 7 Resurrection; Further reading; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Index |
Summary |
St Pancras station has long been an iconic landmark on the London landscape. The neo-Gothic spires and multi-coloured brickwork of the Midland Grand hotel and the awesome span of the station's train-shed have made it one of the capital's most distinctive monuments. Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture, and looks forward to its future as home of Eurostar services to the continent. The Wonders of the World is a series of books that focuses on some of the world's most famous sites or monuments. Their names will be familiar to almost ev |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed August 15th, 2022) |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Saint Pancras Station (London, England)
|
SUBJECT |
Saint Pancras Station (London, England) fast |
Subject |
ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial.
|
Form |
Electronic book
|
ISBN |
9781847650733 |
|
1847650732 |
|