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St Pancras II by Ian Scott Massie
Variable Edition Reduction Screen Print - Edition of 20
12" x 10" Mounted size - 5" x 8" Image size
Available: framed @ £149, unframed @ £119
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12" x 10" Mounted size - 5" x 8" Image size
Available: framed @ £149, unframed @ £119
To shop, please click here
COAL DROPS YARD
Coal Drops Yard is the former goods yard of Kings Cross, also designed by Lewis Cubitt. His guiding principle was complete integration between railway, canal and road transport. The buildings linked to the railway were aligned on the Copenhagen Tunnel ,which runs beneath the yard, and, to service the canal traffic, two short branches of the Regent’s Canal ran into the complex. The yard included the Granary building where Lincolnshire wheat for London’s bakers was stored.
Every effort was made to use available technology to create a smooth flow of cargoes. Horse and, later, steam-powered cranes transferred loads from canal barges and trains. Small truck-sized turntables redirected consignments and underneath some of the buildings were extensive stables for the yard’s compliment of horses. There were also goods sheds where trains could be loaded and assembled and, within the offices, “dumb-waiter” style lifts were used to transport paperwork vertically.
The coal drops themselves were used by the mine owner (and inventor of the Plimsoll Line used for calibrating shipping loads) Samuel Plimsoll. Trucks were run onto short elevated viaducts, a door in the floor of the wagons was opened and the coal poured into the archway beneath for distribution to London’s houses and businesses.
Coal Drops Yard lies just north of the station and is now a smart retail and education centre. By reusing the existing architecture a slice of London’s industrial history has been preserved and recycled. Prior to its redevelopment the area, like many of London’s down-at-heel corners, was home to artists including sculptor Anthony Gormley and designer Thomas Heatherwick. Coal Drops Yard is now enhanced by an ingenious curving roof by Heatherwick.
Every effort was made to use available technology to create a smooth flow of cargoes. Horse and, later, steam-powered cranes transferred loads from canal barges and trains. Small truck-sized turntables redirected consignments and underneath some of the buildings were extensive stables for the yard’s compliment of horses. There were also goods sheds where trains could be loaded and assembled and, within the offices, “dumb-waiter” style lifts were used to transport paperwork vertically.
The coal drops themselves were used by the mine owner (and inventor of the Plimsoll Line used for calibrating shipping loads) Samuel Plimsoll. Trucks were run onto short elevated viaducts, a door in the floor of the wagons was opened and the coal poured into the archway beneath for distribution to London’s houses and businesses.
Coal Drops Yard lies just north of the station and is now a smart retail and education centre. By reusing the existing architecture a slice of London’s industrial history has been preserved and recycled. Prior to its redevelopment the area, like many of London’s down-at-heel corners, was home to artists including sculptor Anthony Gormley and designer Thomas Heatherwick. Coal Drops Yard is now enhanced by an ingenious curving roof by Heatherwick.
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