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St. Pancras Station
Architect: William Henry Barlow
Date: 1864-1868
Material: Masonry (Mauerwerk), Iron frame roof (Dachträger aus Eisen)
"St. Pancras Station, London, like
Paddington, was conceived independently of
the (former) Midland Hotel and offices
fronting it. The train shed, by the engineer
William Henry Barlow in conjunction with
R.M. Ordish, is the largest and most
spectacular of the High Victorian period,
being a single span of 74 m (243 ft), rising
30 m (100 ft) high in a slightly pointed
wrought-iron arch. The total length is 213 m
(700 ft). At the base, the arched vault is
secured by rods 76 mm (3 in) in diameter
under the platforms."
—Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of
Architecture. p1122, 1126.
Tower Bridge, London
Architekt: Horace Jones
Bauzeit: 1886 bis 1894
Stil: Viktorianisch
Die Tower Bridge zählt zu den bekanntesten
Sehenswürdigkeiten von London. Bei einem
Besuch der Tower Bridge sollte man auf
jeden Fall auch einen Spaziergang über die
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"Its 243-foot span was not an exceptional
dimension for bridges, as we know, but for
an interior it was extraordinary, especially
extended in depth to form the widest and
largest undivided space ever enclosed. The
skeletal transparency of the ferrovitreous
vault added a futuristic, magic dimension to
the stunning space, especially as the vault
was made to spring from the platform level
where the passenger stood."
—Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle
Hyman. Architecture: from Prehistory to
Post-Modernism. p472-3. DF.
Themse machen. Über die beiden Türme
gelangt man auf eine etwa 50m über der
Themse liegende überdachte
Fußgängerbrücke. Von dort hat man eine