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The General Post Office (abbreviation GPO, commonly known as the Sydney GPO) is a heritage-listed landmark building located in Martin Place, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The original building was constructed in two stages beginning in 1866 and was designed under the guidance of Colonial Architect James Barnet .
Lord Hardinge laid the stone of new buildings in Patna on 1 December 1912. [6] The construction of the building started in 1912 and was completed in 1917. It was opened for the public on 1 July 1917 with 17 employees in total and was built over an area of 22 acres. [1] Patna GPO when built was known as Post and Telegraph Office.
Chennai General Post Office (GPO) is located on Rajaji Salai at Parry's Corner, Chennai. It functions in a building built in 1884. It is located opposite to the Chennai Beach suburban railway station. Chennai GPO covers an area of about 23.33 km 2 (9.01 sq mi) and serves a population of around 220,000. It has no sub-branch offices. [1]
The General Post Office (abbreviated: GPO) is the main post office in Lahore, Pakistan.It is located at GPO Chowk on Mall Road near Anarkali Bazaar. [1]The GPO building is accessible through two main gates: Gate 1 serves as the primary entrance, while Gate 2, situated at the intersection of McLeod Road and the Mall, functions as the hub for incoming and outgoing mail. [2]
Architectural plans were drawn up and the construction contract with C. W. Arnott [6] signed on 7 July 1914 at a cost of £232,700. [5] These original plans provided for five storeys above ground level, in addition to a basement. [5] Construction commenced in mid-1914, [4] and initially experienced a delay due to sandy soil on the site. [7]
The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
The General Post Office, situated on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke streets in Melbourne, is the former General Post Office for Victoria, Australia. [1]Still owned by the Federal Government, the building appears on all major heritage lists: the National Trust of Victoria (Australia), the Commonwealth Heritage List, and the state of Victoria where it is noted for its fine and impressive ...
Originally known as the General Letter Office, [1] the headquarters of the General Post Office (GPO) had been based in the City of London since the first half of the 17th century. For 150 years, it was in Lombard Street , before a new purpose-built headquarters, designed by Robert Smirke , was opened on the eastern side of St. Martin's Le Grand ...