Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str1866

View from one of the windows in the Queens Hotel across the footbridge towards the section of Queens Drive covered by the canopy. To the right is the stone balustrade that was incorporated within the lattice steelwork and for at least the set of steps a stone spindle too. The floor covering was timber planking and as seen in this view, prior to the introduction of chewing gum, was remarkably clean despite eleven years of use. The colonnade of columns seen in the distance marked the boundary of the original station with the steel trusses fixed in between the columns indicating where the canopy over Queens Drive commenced. This photograph was taken on the same day in September 1885 as images 'lnwrbns_str405', 'lnwrbns_str402' and was probably associated with opening of the extension to New Street station.

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