Great Exhibition

Plaque

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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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NW

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

This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Great Exhibition - Hyde Park - NW

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

Artist based in London.

The birthday was on Saturday 11 June, so we take the date on the plaque to refer to the party.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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These lovely ceramics plaques were installed some time in or before 2008. There are 12 oval ceramics of which 7 nos 1-7) are mosaic and r...

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We are immensely grateful to our Welsh consultant, David Hopkins, who took the time, not just to translate, but also to correctly punctua...

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This is an extremely unusual plaque: its form and content are unique. Clearly hand-made, the writing just looks old. The plaque is either...

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This plaque was replaced in 2013 but we are keeping it here for the record.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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