Preston Tram Depot

Preston Corporation Tramways opened the first electrified lines in 1904, and in the same year opened a new depot on Deepdale Road, not far from the football ground. The tram system closed in 1935, but the depot is still standing, now used for buses.


As you can see from the photo, the back of it is quite a different design. I believe this was the original structure built in 1904, with the stone frontage built ten years later.

I have just modelled the frontage.

It is a complex model because there is a lot to it, though there was no specific feature that was that difficult. I left the turrets to last, expecting them to be tricky, but it went smoothly. The bricks were done by using a "curve" modifier on a Bezier curve, and sometimes they can be a real pain to do, but this just worked, with just tweaking the size of the wall.


Turned out pretty well!

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