Entrance to the Booking Office from the Train Shed

Entrance to the Booking Office from the Train Shed

Designer: William Henry Barlow

Builders: Butterley Company

1868-77

St. Pancras Station, London

Note how the mammoth iron beam dwarfs the architectural elements around the door the the booking office.

An oval cast-iron plaque painted light blue with white lettering proclaims: "Manufactured by the Butterly Company Derbeyshire" with "1868-77" in the middle.

Photograph and text by George P. Landow

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