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King's Cross Station

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King's Cross Station

Designed by Lewis Cubitt. Took the name from the area which had taken it from a statue of Geoge IV that once stood at the junction of Pentonville Road, Euston Road, Gray's Inn Road and Caledonian Road. It was demolished in 1845 but the area retained the name.   queries the apostrophe in the station name.

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King's Cross Station

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King's Cross Station

King's Cross Station - Lewis Cubitt (1799 - 1883) architect. The station was ...

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Highbury Corner traffic scheme

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Henry Ford

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Hampstead Road Bridge over Grand Union Canal

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Whitechapel and Bow Railway

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Stanley Arthur Heaps

Stanley Arthur Heaps

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