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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