Memorial: Queen's Tower - IC
Erected 4/7/1887, 138 years ago
SW7, Imperial College Road, Queen's Tower
The stone was laid only 14 days into her 51st year so we're taking this as a late commemoration of her Golden Jubilee. And the remaining...
The stone was laid only 14 days into her 51st year so we're taking this as a late commemoration of her Golden Jubilee. And the remaining...
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The blue plaque is next to the lower right window of the building, and the foundation stone is on the right of the doorway. The Hunt and...
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