A piece of the past | Professional Roofing magazine
May 1, 2007 · The original 3,800-square-foot roof system was a galvanized standing-seam metal roof system on the lower building and about 80 to 90 years old. The upper roof of the railroad station consisted of flat-soldered seam in 18- by 24-inch panels and hidden (built-in) gutters.
The beautiful stations of rail's golden age - BBC News
Sep 24, 2015 · When it opened in 1854, Birmingham's New Street station - above - featured the largest glass and iron roof in the world. That record was broken less than 20 years later by St Pancras station in...
14 Historic Train Stations That Found New Life as Amazing …
Nov 3, 2024 · From luxury hotels to aquariums, these 14 transformed train stations prove that architectural preservation can breathe new life into America's transportation landmarks. 1. Denver's Union Station - The Mile High City's Living Room.
10 Great English Railway Stations - The Historic England Blog
Dec 4, 2014 · Here we look at ten of England’s greatest. 1. London Paddington. Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s trainshed at Paddington is one of the wonders of British architecture. The first real cathedral of the railway age, with columns supporting the innovative, ridge-and-furrow glazed roof, it was both decorative and ingeniously functional.
New Lives for Old Rail Stations - David K. Leff, Essayist, Poet, …
Apr 12, 2019 · Tucked into a tiny village a few miles away is Cornwall Bridge station featuring a metal roof with small redbrick chimneys on either end of the ridgeline. It was vacant when I was there last, but I remember it as a residence, antique shop, and art gallery.
Metal Roof Brings New Life to Restored Railroad Station
The newly restored Gettysburg Railroad Station once again welcomed tourists when it opened to the public on Nov. 18, 2006; 143 years to the day after Lincoln arrived there to deliver the Gettysburg Address.
Amazing Images of Historic Union Stations - Cheapism
May 8, 2024 · The last Amtrak train left in 1988 and the structure quickly fell into disrepair, a frequent target of trespassers who stripped the building of its architectural details and valuable metal components (including the roof), and plastered its walls with graffiti.
Train shed - Wikipedia
The middle of the nineteenth century saw many large stations covered by iron, steel and glass train sheds, inspired by The Crystal Palace at The Great Exhibition in 1851. The best have been described as "like cathedrals " and feature curved roofs; other structures have pitched roofs.
The Distinctive Designs of Railway Station Canopy Roofs
Aug 24, 2023 · The vertical slats of the fascia boards form a ‘valance’ to the station platforms’, often cantilevered, canopy roofs. Known as daggerboards, these timber slats feature on many Victorian railway station buildings and form a distinctive design.
The Old Illinois Central Railroad Passenger Depot (111-131 South ...
Built in 1903, with a major addition to the baggage room in 1930, the Old Passenger Depot was designed by Francis Bacon, an Illinois Central Railroad architect. The hipped roof station, modeled after one in Champaign, Illinois, was built of brick and stone with a tall central block and two long, lower-end wings.