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The name of the station and Cannon Street itself is not derived from the armament but from the term ‘Candelwykestrete’ which means ‘makers of candles’.
HISTORY London Cannon Street, also known as City Terminus, was opened on 1st September 1866 by the South Eastern Railway and was designed by Sir John Wolfe Barry and Sir John Hawkshaw. It was built as a terminal to compete with the London, Chatham and Dover Railway who, in 1864, had obtained powers to build a station at Holborn Viaduct. At the time of construction, it had a station roof longer than that of neighbouring Charing Cross. Cannon Street Bridge, built to cross the Thames, incorporated two footpaths, a public toolpath and one exclusively for railway employees. Also designed by Sir John Hawkshaw it opened with the station in 1866. It was originally named ‘Alexandra Bridge’ in honour of Princess Alexandra of Denmark, wife of Edward Prince of Wales. In its first year of operation around eight million passengers passed through Cannon Street Station. The independent City Terminus Hotel fronting the station followed later in 1867, designed by Edward Middleton Barry. It was taken over by the South Eastern Railway in 1872. The original station signal box was located on a gantry across the bridge spanning its width and contained 67 levers. The bridge was widened in 1893 from 66ft 8in to 120ft and two new signal boxes were built to replace the original. Box No.1 contained 243 manual levers and, at the time, had the most levers in any single box in Britain. The widened bridge held the distinction of being the widest railway bridge in the world at the time.
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My idea would basically include building a park structure above the railways creating a new way for pedestrians to cross to the other side. It would enclose the industrial bridge structure in its inside creating a more appealing site more people.