Architectures
Season 1 • Episode 17: The Saint Pancras Station • Watch with subtitles
Episode 17: The Saint Pancras Station
June 2, 2001 • 26 min
In the 19th century in London, the Midland Company had Saint Pancras and a luxury hotel built. Engineer W.H. Barlow carried out a major feat, creating a 73 meter single-span hall, with no columns or pillars. As for architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, his Midland Grand Hotel was a neo-gothic manifesto.
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