Earl's Court takes shape
A new exhibition centre for London. Earl's Court exhibition centre in the midst of construction showing the main hall of the vast building. At the time of its erection in 1937, it was the largest reinforced concrete structure in Europe containing 108, 000 tons of concrete, 10, 000 tons of steel and covering an area of just over 9 acres. The total cost of the build was £1, 250, 000. At the time of writing (2012) plans are afoot to demolish the building and build residential housing on the site
Picture No
13990590
Media ID
45427552
Size
5600px x 2976px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 10 April 1937
Date
1937
