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The demolition of the Great Hall in the early 1960s. The columns from the hall can be clearly seen. The end of the hall that can be seen was the location of the stairwell leading to the shareholders meeting room. See the pictures in the ‘rest of the station’ Recovering a part of one of the columns from the bottom of the Prescott Channel in 1995. This was for the BBC TV programme ‘One Foot in the Past’. The episodes can be accessed via the eustonarch.org website. Recovering a part of one of the columns from the bottom of the Prescott Channel in 1995. This was for the BBC TV programme ‘One Foot in the Past’. The episodes can be accessed via the eustonarch.org website. The arch was demolished in a brutal way as this picture shows. Holes were drilled throughout the structure to allow the pieces to be lifted onto trucks where they were then driven to the Prescott Channel in East London where they were dumped into the river. Tearing the heart out of Euston. A view of the remnants of the main arrival platforms. Compare with pictures of the platforms in the section showing the rest of the station. The Euston Arch under construction, detail of watercolour by John C. Bourne, c.1837 (National Railway Museum) The Euston Arch under construction, watercolour by John C. Bourne, c.1837 (National Railway Museum) © John Edgington © John Edgington

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