In London, the South Eastern Railway Company opened its brand-new Cannon Street Station as its terminus in London. The platforms in the new station were covered with a massive single arch semi-circular roof, more than a hundred feet high and 680 feet long. Two supporting arches faced the Thames and the railway bridge bringing thousands of commuters from the south-eat suburbs. Heavily remodeled over the years, the riverside towers remain and the station still receives tens of thousands of commuters to this day. (By John Osborne)
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"Cannon Street Station," Ben Weinreb and Christoper Hibbert(eds.), The London Encyclopaedia (London: Papermac, 1987), 118-119.
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