Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Tithebarn Street Railway Station

From Graces Guide
1850. Tithebarn Station.

Opened in 1850 as the Liverpool terminus of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the East Lancashire Railway. The L&YR called it Exchange station, but the ELR called it Liverpool Tithebarn Street.

The 132 ft span train shed roof was constructed by Fox, Henderson and Co. Drawing of roof structure here[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] Development of long-span iron roof structures in Britain by T. Swailes CEng, MICE, MIStructE and J. Marsh MSc. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Structures & Buildings 158, October 2005, Issue SB5, Pages 321–339: see Fig. 12