Cast iron glories at a station
Liverpool Street Station
The fine roof trapped steam and smoke making the station a dirty place. Now most trains are electric and the station became light and airy once it was modernised in 1992.
Liverpool Street station opened in 1874 to provide the Great Eastern railway company with a replacement for its inconvenient terminus in Bishopsgate.
One of the glories of the station is its roof which was designed by the railway companies Chief Engineer, Edward Wilson. The roof was built by designed and built by the Fairburn Engineering Company which also supplied the roof for the Royal Albert Hall.
Submitted by: Andrew Hunt, 21 January 2007
