Comments on: Victorian Architecture http://www.jbmorley.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jbmorley.co.uk%2F2009%2F05%2F13%2Fvictorian-architecture%2F&seed_title=Victorian+Architecture Wed, 13 May 2009 21:51:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Adrian http://www.jbmorley.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jbmorley.co.uk%2F2009%2F05%2F13%2Fvictorian-architecture%2F&seed_title=Victorian+Architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-7937 Adrian Wed, 13 May 2009 21:51:28 +0000 http://www.jbmorley.co.uk/?p=900#comment-7937 Paddington will always be special for me. It's the London terminus I always arrived at when I was a child visiting the big city. And I lived across the road from it for a year. And it's just plain the best! The roofline you have pictured has a longiudinal gap in it. Originally the intention was that there would be railway lines across the station at 90° to the platforms, with small turntables everywhere, to allow the carriages to be moved across the station. I believe they were never built - but the roofline remains where the lines would have been. Paddington will always be special for me. It’s the London terminus I always arrived at when I was a child visiting the big city. And I lived across the road from it for a year. And it’s just plain the best!

The roofline you have pictured has a longiudinal gap in it. Originally the intention was that there would be railway lines across the station at 90° to the platforms, with small turntables everywhere, to allow the carriages to be moved across the station. I believe they were never built – but the roofline remains where the lines would have been.

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