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Southwark Bridge. Coordinates : John Rennie's Southwark iron bridge completed in 1819 Southwark ( Br [ˈsʌðɨk]) [ 1 ] Bridge is an arch bridge for traffic linking Southwark and the City across the River Thames , in London , England . It was designed by Ernest George and Basil Mott . It was built by Sir William Arrol & Co. and opened in 1921. [ 2 ] The bridge is owned and maintained by Bridge House Estates , a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation . [ edit ] History A previous bridge on the site, designed by John Rennie , opened in 1819, and was originally known as Queen Street Bridge, as shown on the 1818 John Snow Map of London.

Dictionary of Victorian London - Victorian History - 19th Century London - Social History. Moon Phases: -1899 to -1800. The following table gives the date and time ( Universal Time ) of all phases of the Moon for a period of one century.

Moon Phases: -1899 to -1800

This data is provided primarily to assist in historical research projects. For the year 2000, the length of the mean synodic month (New Moon to New Moon) is 29.530588 days (=29d12h44m03s). However, the length of any one synodic month can vary from 29.26 to 29.80 days due to perturbing effects of the Sun on the Moon's eccentric orbit. The phase table also indicates whether an eclipse of the Sun or Moon occurs on the date in question and gives the eclipse type. Bishopsgate Institute - Library and Archive Collections. MOGG POCKET MAP OF LONDON. Construction of Tower Bridge, 1886-1894. Fantastic photomontage and its possible influences, 1857 - 2007 : a timeline. Blackfriars Bridge, 1896. If London Were Like Venice. By Signor Somers L.

If London Were Like Venice

Summers From Harmsworth's Magazine, August 1899 Illustrated by Messrs. R. Thiele and Co. Collage of Illustrations Index to Illustrations Frontispiece 1 Frontispiece 2 "Geologists say that the land upon which London is built has subsided 68 feet during the last 500 years. BUT didn't you know? " "No! " " Quite so," continued the affable gentleman with whom I shared the first-class carriage, " though we have grown so used to it by this time that we almost forget London ever existed in any other form. . [ Palazzo Degli Horse Guards] Hullo !

"Come! Somewhat bewildered, I alighted from the train and followed my friend, having heard him instruct a cut-throat looking ruffian regarding my luggage in a jargon I could not understand. At our feet stretched a shimmering sheet of water, its surface, in our immediate vicinity, black with countless gondolas, the men standing up in them clamouring loudly for custom. I was dumb with amazement. [Cathedral and Piazza Di St. "What means he? " Construction of Nelson’s Column, 1844. The London Alphabet. Although this Alphabet of London that I found at the Bishopsgate Institute dates from more than one hundred and fifty years ago, it is remarkable how many of the landmarks illustrated are still with us.

The facade of newly-opened “Northern Station” which will be uncovered again after renovations in 2013 – at the terminus we know as King’s Cross – reveals that this alphabet was produced in the eighteen fifties. The Houses of Parliament which were begun in 1840 and took thirty years to complete were still under construction then, and, consequently, Big Ben is represented by an undersized artist’s impression of how it was expected to look. Naturally, I was especially intrigued by - “O’s the market for Oranges, eastward a long way. If you first ask for Houndsditch you won’t take the wrong way.” I wonder what East London market this could refer to? Pictures courtesy Bishopsgate Institute. The British Beehive, 1840/1867. 1800S. Forgotten Images: Before Aldwych and Kingsway. In October 1905 King Edward VII officially opened Kingsway and Aldwych; “The largest and most important improvement in London since the construction of Regent Street in 1820.”

Forgotten Images: Before Aldwych and Kingsway

London County Council produced a special souvenir programme for the event. Horsemonger Lane Gaol. Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as the Surrey County Gaol or the New Gaol ) was a prison close to present-day Newington Causeway in Southwark , south London. [ edit ] History Constructed between 1791 and 1799 to a design by George Gwilt the Elder , architect surveyor to the county of Surrey , this was once the largest prison in the county, and was adjacent to Sessions House, a court building also designed by Gwilt. Lant Street, London.

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Flooding. Images. London Underground. Cats.