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.

The plaque on the brick wall in the picture reads: The BBC Star Terrace, "Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love" Sylvie Dee. De...

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard, 1856 - 1925, novelist, lived here 1885 - 1888. Greater London Council.

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The plaque is on the east side of the bridge, at about the mid point.

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Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914) Field-Marshal, lived here.

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Each of these foundation stones is at the base of a pillar, reading left to right: Peters, Rowlands, Lewis, Taylor. Disappointingly we h...

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