Roof Truss Collection

Euston Station, London terminus of London and Birmingham Railway, 1840. A man greets a female passenger while luggage on the cariage roof is untied. Iron pillars and trusses support the station roof

Interior of John Bunyans meeting house in Zoar Street, Southwark, London, 1822. View showing the meeting house converted to use as a store for engineering components

Insulation in a house loft or roof space. Insulating your loft can save a significant amount of household heat loss
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A man measuring the depth of insulation in a house loft or roof space. Insulating your loft can save a significant
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Interior view of St Leonards Church, Bromley-by-Bow, London, c1860

Interior view of the hall in Barnards Inn, London, c1875. Artist: John Phillipps Emslie
Interior view of the hall in Barnards Inn, London, c1875

Interior of Barnards Inn, London, 1885. Artist: John Crowther
Interior of Barnards Inn, London, 1885

Ticket barrier at Philadelphia railway station, Pennsylvania, USA, 1890. Cast iron pillars and roof trusses were used to support the glass roof of the building. From The Railways of America

Cotton manufacture: mule spinning, c1830. A self-acting mule of the type devised by Richard Roberts in 1825. Roberts spinning mule produced better yarn than any other machine

Topping out ceremony, Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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From Euston Station's historic roof trusses, supporting the London and Birmingham Railway's first passengers in 1840, to the insulated loft spaces of modern homes, roof trusses have evolved from structural marvels to energy-saving solutions. John Bunyan's Meeting House in Southwark (1822) and St Leonards Church in Bromley-by-Bow (c1860) showcase the beauty of early interior roof designs. Fast forward to the late 19th century, Barnards Inn's grand halls (c1875, 1885) boast intricate roof trusses, while industrial progress is reflected in cotton manufacture's mule spinning (c1830). Topping out ceremonies, like Wolfratshausen's in Upper Bavaria (Europe, c1900), celebrate the completion of roof structures. Today, measuring insulation depth in a loft (saving energy and combating climate change) is as essential as the structural integrity of the truss itself. Even at Philadelphia railway station (1890, USA), ticket barriers stand beneath the protective roof, connecting us to our past and future.