Central Station, Manchester: the wrought-iron single-span arched roof train shed
Architect/Designer | Fowler, Sir John (1817-1898) |
Artist/Photographer | Galwey, Reginald Hugo de Burgh (1917-1971) |
Country | UK: England |
City | Manchester |
Subject Date | 1880 |
Image Date | 1960 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Victorian |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP Box 204 Manchester (2) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Arches ; Railway stations ; Iron ; Trains |
NOTES: The station closed to passengers in 1969 and fell into a dilapidated state. Conversion on the abandoned building into an exhibition centre began in 1982. This opened in 1986 as the Greater Manchester Exhibition and Events Centre, or G-Mex.
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