BB&CI Railway Office At Churchgate Bombay, 4 Postcards 1915
Four postcards (from 1915 to 1955) of the BB&CI Railway Office at Churchgate in Bombay (Mumbai). Formerly known as the Bombay, Baroda, and Central Indian (BB&CI) Railway, now known as the Western India Railway Office. The building’s design was the work of architect F W Stevens, assisted by his son, Charles.
Stevens had previously designed several magnificent buildings in Bombay, one of which was the Victoria Terminus (VT) building. Although this BB&CI heritage building was not as ornate or as elaborate as Stevens’s other works, such as the Victoria Terminus, Municipal Corporation Building, or the Alfred Sailors Home, etc.
The BB&CI is a mix of Gothic style with Indian features, such as the onion-shaped domes and the minarets. The work on this building began in 1894, it was finished five years later in 1899. The office was originally located in Surat; later, it was shifted to this newly completed Gothic building at Churchgate.
Read about- Churchgate (now the Western Railway Headquarters).
Did you know- Mumbai’s Western Railway (BB&CI) made the first train run from Virar to Back Bay on 12th April 1867.
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