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The building of the London & Birmingham Railway provided new challenges for the railway engineer. Robert Stephenson assembled a team of talented engineers to assist with the work. Amongst those people was Derby born, Charles Fox (1810-1874). Fox was involved with the Watford Tunnel and the rope worked incline at Camden down to Euston. Fox designed the iron roof over the original Euston Station and also that at Curzon Street. These were early examples of the iron truss pitch roof.
Fox was later in the partnership of Fox, Henderson & Co, who had a works at Smethwick adjacent to the Cape Arm of the Birmingham Canal. They provided the iron work for the roof of Birmingham New Street Station in 1854, which was a single span arch, for which A. E Cowper was the engineer. This roof was an early example of the arch roof.
This image of New Street Station is from the Railway & Historical Society Spence Collection. The roof details are clearly shown.
Fox was later in the partnership of Fox, Henderson & Co, who had a works at Smethwick adjacent to the Cape Arm of the Birmingham Canal. They provided the iron work for the roof of Birmingham New Street Station in 1854, which was a single span arch, for which A. E Cowper was the engineer. This roof was an early example of the arch roof.
This image of New Street Station is from the Railway & Historical Society Spence Collection. The roof details are clearly shown.
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