The Midland Railway - St Pancras Station

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MARITIME BRASS SUNDIAL COMPASS ~ ROSS LONDON Compass
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Continuing his survey of the main railway termini in Imperial London in 1901, Arthur H. Beavan had this to say about St Pancras Station:

The Midland Railway (1431 miles), whose system serves the Northern and Midland districts, had, until 1866, its headquarters at Derby, but in that year it came to London independently of any other line, to its own magnificent terminus at St Pancras.

This station occupies over ten acres of ground; a church and no fewer than seven streets having been swept away to make room for it, Agar town almost disappearing.

The first thing one notices is its great width - 240 feet - accentuated by the fact that the huge steel ribs forming the span, spring direct from the ground.

It has eleven lines of rails, four platforms, and a capacious cab-stand.

Its length is 700 feet, and three such mighty steamers as the Celtic, save for a few feet projecting, could easily be housed side by side beneath its glass roof that soars up to the height of 100 feet.

Taking it all in all, the Midland is the most striking terminus in London.

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