Selected: CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY)
Name: | MILLER, GEORGE MACKAY |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY) |
Date: | 1854 |
Nature: | Goods station, 365 ft long, approached from Penrose's Quay. Contractor: John J. Bagnell. |
Refs: |
Drawings, signed by John J. Bagnell,Jan-Jun 1854, in IAA, ICEI Collection, Acc.2005/95.IEI 5366; B 15, 17 Jan 1857, 38; Cork Examiner, 22 Aug 1855 (information from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Dec 2010). |
Name: | BENSON, JOHN (SIR) |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY) |
Date: | 1855-1860 |
Nature: | New railway terminus approached fromPenrose's Quay. Contractor: John J. Bagnell. Construction includes colonnade of 20 Roman Doric columns costing £8,000. |
Refs: |
Unsigned, undated drawings for colonnade and roof in IAA, ICEI Collection, Acc.2005/95.IEI 5366; APSD 2, C, 147-8; B 13, 20 Oct 1855, 502; 15, 17 Jan 1857, 38; DB 2, 1 Jul 1860,295(illus.),297; Jeanne Sheehy, 'Railway Architecture - its heyday', Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society 12, No. 68 (Oct 1975), 136; Colin Rynne, The Industrial Archaeology of Cork City and its Environs (1999), 209-212. |
Name: | HARGRAVE, JOSHUA |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY) |
Date: | 1857 |
Nature: | Carriage shed. Contractors: Willam Egan and Denis Murray. |
Refs: |
Cork Examiner, 4 Feb 1857 (nformation from Roger Herlihy, Cork, Feb 2011). |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY) |
Date: | 1888 |
Nature: | Carriage shed, 850 x4ft. |
Refs: | Architect 39, 6 Jan 1888, 4 |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, GLANMIRE ROAD LOWER, RAILWAY TERMINUS (GREAT SOUTHERN & WESTERN RAILWAY) |
Date: | 1891-93 |
Nature: | New station (next to old station, but approached from Glanmire Road Lower) opened for traffic, 1 Feb. Ruabon brick with facings of light limestone. Cost £60,000 including re-orientation of bridge over Water St. Old station to be used as cattle depot. Contractor: Samuel Hill. |
Refs: | IB 33, 1,15 Feb,1 Apr 1891, 33,46,73; 35, 15 Feb 1893, 47 |