The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834 Frame:natural The Monument from the East

The Monument from the East

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once the docks teemed with men

It was pulled down in the late 1830s

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The Burning of the Houses of Parliament 1834 Frame:natural The Monument from the EastThe Burning of the Houses of Parliament. Coloured aquatint. The greatest new building of mid 19th century London was the new Palace of Westminster. It was built after the old palace burnt down on the night of 16 October 1834. The fire was caused by over loading the Palace furnaces with unwanted wooden 'tallies', notched sticks of wood formerly used as receipts by the Exchequer. By the time the alarm was raised, fire had spread through the chimney to