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Railways
By 1900 fast Where to See
trains, such Victorian London
as this Scotch
Express, were Grandiose buildings best reflect
crossing the the spirit of the age, notably the
country. rail termini, the Kensington
Museums (see pp202–17) and
the Royal Albert Hall (see p209).
Leighton House (see p222) has a
well-preserved interior. Pottery
and fabrics are in the Victoria and
Albert Museum, and the London
Transport Museum (see p118) has
buses, trams and trains.

Crystal Palace
Between May and October 1851, 6 million
people visited Joseph Paxton’s superb feat
of engineering. In 1852, it was dismantled
and reassembled in south London, where
it remained until destroyed by fire in 1936.
The Maughan Library in
Formal dress became prevalent – under Chancery Lane is an example of
Victoria, elaborate men’s attire was Victorian Gothic architecture.
replaced by more restrained evening wear.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 Telegraph
Newly invented communications
The exhibition, held in the Crystal Palace in technology, like this telegraph
Hyde Park, celebrated industry, technology from 1840, made business
and the expanding British Empire. expansion easier.

1870 First Peabody 1891 First LCC public 1901 Queen Victoria
Buildings, to house housing built, in Shoreditch dies; Edward VII accedes
the poor, built in
Blackfriars Road 1890 First electric Underground line,
from Bank to Stockwell, opens
1870 1880 1890 1900
Commemorative
1889 London fan for the Boer
County Council 1899 First motor
A special box for (LCC) established buses introduced War, which ended
carrying top hats in 1903

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