Sujet

Volunteer Drill-shed at Birkenhead for the 1st Cheshire Volunteer Engineers, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

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Volunteer Drill-shed at Birkenhead for the 1st Cheshire Volunteer Engineers, 1862. 'The idea of the building is taken from a shed designed by Captain Fowke, R.E. (the designer of the new Exhibition building of 1862)...The length of the building is 200 feet, the breadth 52 feet, and height 28 feet 6 inches. When lighted up the interior of the building has a very fine effect - upwards of 200 gas jets throwing a strong and effective light throughout. An orchestra capable of accommodating 150 performers has been erected and the acoustic principles are admirable. The cost of the shed will be about £500. The house in front will be appropriated for storerooms, an armoury, and classrooms. Messrs. J. and W. Walker were the contractors'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A08_331

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NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

11,2Mo (1,0Mo) / 20,6cm x 13,5cm / 2438 x 1600 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England interior architecture arts metal art British color lighting gas military war Armed Forces century Britain inside newspapers press print concept B&W Merseyside wirral Army warfare engraved engraving Colour 19th century militia Indoors black & white black and white B W armed services white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector gas lighting Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper Birkenhead Unknown 19th-century