view to cannon street railway bridge and st paul's cathedral between the bridge piers at the station. london

london view cannon street railway paul's cathedral piers station iron carries trains south east line river thames work direction engineer sir john hawkshaw began 1863 former president ice fellow civil wolfe-barry designed eastern company opened 1866 five spans cast doric columns filled concrete masonry span distance abutments ends 706 feet 215 long widened francis brady width metres allowed double number tracks extensively rebuilt 1979 early 1980s bridge station