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Old May 18th 09, 05:30 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default "'Euston Arch' stones to be saved"

On May 18, 2:32*pm, Mizter T wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8055034.stm

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---quote---
Stones believed to be part of a giant arch that used to stand at
Euston railway station are being retrieved from an east London
waterway.
[...]
The stones are being lifted from the Prescott Channel, where they were
used to fill a hole in the riverbed.
[...]
British Waterways will lift the stones from the channel, near Bromley-
by-Bow, on Monday to enable barges to use the lock to transport
materials in and out of the Olympic Park for the 2012 Games.

[...] the Euston Arch Trust [...] wants to rebuild the arch between
two existing lodges on Euston Road.
---/quote---



Doric Arch Stones Recovered from Prescott Channel

Historian Don Cruikshank was in the water as a crane lifted some
stones out of the - appropriately named - Prescott Channel to deepen
the water for Olympic barges.

It is rumoured that about 200 stones are down there. The rebuildiong
is said arch at Euston is still not decided.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8055034.stm
http://www.eustonarch.org/

CJB.