Survey Data
Reg No
30331046
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Platform
In Use As
Platform
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
143418, 251585
Date Recorded
25/10/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Detached platform shelter, erected c.1880, at Tuam Railway Station. Now disused. Pitched corrugated-iron roof on light steel trusses with braces, supported at rear side by brick wall having rendered base and rectangular panels with moulded brick surrounds, and at centre of plan by cast-iron brackets supported on round cast-iron columns with Corinthian capitals. Spandrels to brackets have ornate vegetal decoration.
Appraisal
This platform shelter is a fine example of cast-iron work and railway engineering and is an important part of the architectural and engineering ensemble at Tuam Railway Station.