General Information
| Completion: | 1868 |
|---|---|
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Tied-arch roof |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) station |
Location
| Location: |
Camden, London, England, United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Part of: | |
| Above of: |
Saint Pancras Thameslink Station (2007)
|
| Connects to: |
King's Cross Saint Pancras Underground Station
Saint Pancras Renaissance Hotel London (1876) |
| Coordinates: | 51° 31' 51.45" N 0° 7' 33.28" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| covered area | 17 000 m² | |
| span | 73 m | |
| number of columns | 720 |
Materials
| roof |
wrought iron
|
|---|---|
| columns |
cast iron
|
| floor beams |
wrought iron
|
Chronology
| 1869 | 10 railway tracks on main floor within arch roof. Space below used for transit of beer into London. |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Abutting hotel converted into offices. |
| 2007 | Six Channel Tunnel railway tracks on main floor level. UK trains relocated to level below. Hotel restored to original use. |
Participants
Engineering
- William Henry Barlow (engineer)
- Rowland Mason Ordish (engineer)
Repair & Widening
Subcontractor
Refurbishment
Steel connections
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1997): L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 47.
- (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 433.
- CTRL Next Stop St Pancras. In: New Civil Engineer (28 June 2001).
- (1870): Description of the St Pancras Station and roof, Midland Railway. In: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, v. 30, n. 1870-2 ( 1870), pp. 78-93.
- : An Engineer's Guide to Interesting Structures in London. Arranged for Walking Tours. pp. 14-15.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000399 - Published on:
12/09/1999 - Last updated on:
10/01/2015