Birmingham New Street Station: lnwrbns_str1918

View of the travelling gantry in action over Platforms 4 and 5 deployed to assist in the safe demolition of Cowper's great roof. As can be seen the gantry spanned the full width of the station requiring a large lattice structure to be erected in order to provide the strength necessary to bridge the space. The top of the gantry was covered with timber to allow scaffolding to be erected to both provide access to the roof and to support the beams whilst they were being cut up and removed. Work began in October 1945 and was not complete until 31st December 1946 when the last span was removed.

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