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.

This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators

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Edward Dannreuther, musician, 1844 - 1905, lived here 1873 - 1894. Host to Richard Wagner for 5 weeks in 1877. City of Westminster

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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Jeremy Bentham Known for many years as the 'Lord Wellington' it is still frequently referred to as the 'Welly Bar' by many of the academ...

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The vertical line down the plaque is not a fault with our camera, but a rope hanging from a flagpole.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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In grateful memory of Frederick Newland Pedley who founded the Dental School in 1889, this tablet was unveiled on 4th May 1994, the fifti...

1 subject commemorated

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