London Hippodrome, How the Elephants Come Down the Slide
Diagram in The Sphere showing a cross-section of the London Hippodrome, and specifically how an elephant act in 1904 slid down a slide into the water-filled arena. Water spectacles were an integral part of the Hippodrome's programme in its first decade after opening in 1900 and the theatre had a fully functioning water tank which flooded the arena in front of the auditorium whenever the arena floor was lowered using a hydraulic system
Picture No
12747014
Media ID
46123824
Size
3905px x 5905px
(6.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Percy Home in The Sphere', 9 January 1904, page 45
Date
1904
