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.

Residential advisor about this venue: "Beautiful old music-hall type venue with wooden floors, internal balconies and surreal decor". Ha...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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Mrs Patrick Campbell, 1865 - 1940, actress, lived here.

1 subject commemorated

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From: the Devere Society: "1598 October - In the only letter ever discovered addressed to Shakspere at Stratford, one Richard Quiney writ...

3 subjects commemorated, 2 creators

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The Historic Southwark plaque is on the street frontage beside the less ornate entrance. The other, round, plaque is inside, high on the ...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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Littlewood set up the Theatre Royal Stratford East and ran it with her partner Gerry Raffles until 1974.

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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