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TIL that when St. Pancras Station in London was inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1868, its 210m long, 73m wide and 30m high train shed was the largest enclosed space in the world. The single-span iron and glass roof engineering marvel was designed by William Henry Barlow.

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