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Author Wolmar, Christian, author.

Title Cathedrals of steam : how London's great stations were built - and how they transformed the city / Christian Wolmar.

Publication Info. London : Atlantic Books, 2020.

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Edition [US & CA territories version].
Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Starting slowly -- 2. The railway in the sky -- 3. The first cathedrals -- 4. A modicum of order -- 5. Breaching the City walls -- 6. Upstaging King's Cross -- or not? -- 7. Southern invasion -- 8. The three sisters -- 9. The workers' station -- 10. A terminus too far -- 11. London's unique dozen -- 12. Settling down and dodging the bombs -- 13. Round London with Sir John Betjeman -- Appendix I: Timeline for the opening of London's terminus stations
Appendix II: Passenger numbers in the year to 31 March 2019 at the London terminuses -- Select Bibliography -- References -- Index -- Picture Sections
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Subject Railroad stations -- England -- London -- History.
Railroad stations.
England -- London.
History.
Railroad stations -- England -- London -- Design and construction.
Railroad stations -- Design and construction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Wolmar, Christian. Cathedrals of steam. London : Atlantic Books, 2020 9781786499202 (OCoLC)1197767869
ISBN 9781786499219 (electronic book)
1786499215 (electronic book)
9781786499202
1786499207