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 address of Potter's house was 2 Bolton Gardens. From Londonist: She was born here and "Beatrix lived in the house until her marriage...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators

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We were unfamiliar with the word 'sepulture'. In this context it means the ritual placing of a corpse into a grave, or, more simply, burial.

1 subject commemorated

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In this house died Carl Maria von Weber 1826. Placed here by the London Section of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.

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Erected before October 2008.

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Neville Chamberlain, 1869 - 1940, Prime Minister, lived here, 1923 - 1935. London County Council

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