Lime Street Gateway, Liverpool

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Reproduced :>Lime Street Station opened in 1836 as the new terminus for the first public railway line in the UK, the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. The oldest remaining part of the station building – the wall to the rear of Platform 1 – dates from 1849. At the time of its construction the 47m arched trainshed was the largest single-span roof structure in the world. There have been numerous refurbishments over the decades – the most recent in 1984<
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http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/limestreet.htm

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