King's Cross Railway Station London 1896 Antique Print

A black & white print, rescued from a disbound book from 1896 about London, with another picture on the reverse side.

Suitable for framing, the average page size including text is approx 12" x 9.25" or 30.4cm x 23.5cm.

Actual picture size is approx 10" x 7" or 25.4cm x 17.7cm

This is an antique print not a modern copy and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print. Please view any scans as they form part of the description.

All prints will be sent bagged and in a tube, large letter size box or board backed envelope for protection in transit.

While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item.

Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used)

KING'S CROSS STATION.—This is the London terminus of the Great Northern Railway, and was opened in October, 1852. King's Cross Station is somewhat striking from the peculiarity of its architecture. There is no attempt at a façade; the station consists of two immense brick arches, surmounted by a central clock tower. As in the case of the other great London terminal stations, the Great Northern Company's hotel is close by, and may be reached by a covered way. Altogether, the station occupies more than 45 acres of land; and for its site a large hospital was cleared away. Each of the main arches has a span of 71ft., and the clock tower is I2oft. high. It may be interesting to note that this clock has dials 9ft. in diameter, and the principal bell weighs 29cwt. Each "shed" of the terminus is 800ft. long, 105ft. wide, and 7Ift. high to the crown of the semi-circular roof. The granary has six stories, and will hold 60,000 sacks of corn. On the last story are water-tanks, capable of holding 150,000 gallons. The goods shed is 600ft. long and 8oft. wide. The coal stores will contain upwards of 15,200 tons. This terminus adjoins the Regent's Canal, which, passing eastwards, enters the Thames at Limehouse. The railway passes under this canal and Maiden Lane, beneath Copenhagen Fields, over the Holloway Road, through tunnels at Hornsey and elsewhere, and forms the chief line of communication with York, Edinburgh, and the north generally. This terminus adjoins that of the Midland Railway Company, much to its own architectural disadvantage. The Great Northern system forms the main part of the "East Coast Route" to Scotland, its rails joining near Doncaster those of the North-Eastern Railway Company, which connects it with the North British system at Berwick.