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Description: | London Transport dedicated much effort after the war to rebuilding. Many stations and bus garages had been damaged and destroyed by enemy bombs. These had to be rebuilt as well as new sites developed for the growing vehicle fleets.
One of the new developments was the bus garage at Stockwell. This photo from 1953 shows just how impressive it was, with the buses looking small by comparison.
The garage was large enough to hold 200 buses. The high arched roof was made out of reinforced concrete. At the time it was the largest unsupported single-span roof in Europe. By avoiding large supporting pillars, the designers created parking room for dozens of additional buses. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | Oct 1953 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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