Barlow train shed

E166168

railway station roof train shed wrought-iron and glass structure

The Barlow train shed is the vast 19th-century wrought-iron and glass arched roof that dramatically spans the platforms of London St Pancras station.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Barlow train shed canonical	1
St Pancras train shed	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway station roof ⓘ train shed ⓘ wrought-iron and glass structure ⓘ
adjacentTo	St Pancras Renaissance London Hotel ⓘ surface form: Midland Grand Hotel (St Pancras Chambers)
architect	William Henry Barlow ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Victorian engineering ⓘ
associatedWith	London St Pancras station redevelopment ⓘ
category	Railway architecture in London ⓘ Railway stations in the London Borough of Camden ⓘ Victorian iron and glass architecture ⓘ
constructionStart	1860s ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eraOfConstruction	Victorian era ⓘ
formsSkylineFeatureOf	London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras station
hasFeature	exposed iron ribs ⓘ large glazed roof ⓘ longitudinal arch spanning multiple tracks ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed ⓘ
heritageDesignationAppliesTo	London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras railway station
heritageStatus	Grade I listed structure ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
location	London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras railway station
material	glass ⓘ wrought iron ⓘ
namedAfter	William Henry Barlow ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic glass and iron roof over station platforms ⓘ vast single-span wrought-iron arch ⓘ
openingDate	1868 ⓘ
partOf	London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras International London St Pancras International ⓘ surface form: St Pancras railway station train shed and hotel complex
railwayCompanyClient	Midland Railway ⓘ
railwayLineServed	High Speed 1 Limited ⓘ surface form: High Speed 1 (via St Pancras International) Midland Main Line ⓘ
roofType	single-span arched roof ⓘ
spans	platforms of St Pancras station ⓘ
structuralEngineer	William Henry Barlow ⓘ
structureType	arched train shed ⓘ
usedFor	covering railway platforms ⓘ sheltering trains and passengers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Input

Subject: Barlow train shed
Description of subject: The Barlow train shed is the vast 19th-century wrought-iron and glass arched roof that dramatically spans the platforms of London St Pancras station.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

London St Pancras International → hasStructure → Barlow train shed ⓘ

Midland Railway → notableStructure → Barlow train shed ⓘ

this entity surface form: St Pancras train shed