Plaque

Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NW

Inscription

700 tons of wrought iron
3800 tons of cast iron
24 miles of wooden guttering
over a mile of mahogany handrails
293,655 panes of glass

The Great Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations & Crystal Palace building
Hyde Park 1851

SW7, West Carriage Drive - near, West Carriage Drive - near

In our photo the romantic couple are just about to walk over the plaque. See the plaque at the entrance for more information about these 5 plaques.

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Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NW

From the V&A website: "The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of a...

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Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NW

Manages 8 major Royal Parks covering 5,000 acres: Bushy Park (with the Longf...

Artist based in London.

This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details. The Bowler booklet describes this as a "Violin", not a viola, ...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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The three plaques are in a locked room which the staff kindly opened for us. See a photo taken at the unveiling of the Blanke plaque. W...

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Royal Air Force (Egypt) Memorial gives a report of the laying of this stone.

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In our picture the plaque is above the poster which the man is walking past.

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The rectangular aluminium plaque is on the cutter head which has been painted in a Union Jack-inspired scheme.

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators

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