City of London Gallery

Final carriage for the Iron Duke CC97_01636

St Paul's Cathedral, City of London. The front of the car for the state occasion which bore the Duke of Wellington to his final resting place in the crypt of St Paul's in 1852. It is now on display at Stratfield Saye House in Berkshire. Photographed by York and Son between 1870-1900

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Monument, Napoleonic, Peninsular

Temple Bar demolition N110163

MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Temple Bar, City of London. "The last of Temple Bar - sketched on Saturday January 12, 1878". Showing the steam-powered crane being used to help dismantle the stonework. This incarnation of Temple Bar (the gate between the Cities of London and Westminster) was constructed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1672. It was removed in order to widen the road. A reconstruction using much of the original stonework can now be seen at Paternoster Square. Woodcut engraving

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Daily Telegraph Office, Fleet Street 1913 BL22128_04

DAILY TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Fleet Street, London. Interior view. The linotype room in the Daily Telegraph Office in the City of London. A linotype is a typesetting machine that is operated from a keyboard that casts an entire line as a piece of metal which is then used in the printing process. Photographed by Harry Bedford Lemere in 1913

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