A walk looking at some of the people who transformed London into the worlds first modern city<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you see the letters LHP on a valve cover in the street they belong to the London Hydraulic Power Company – the powerhouse of Victorian London. Find out more on this guided walk.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Makers of Modern London – Walking Tour<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the fifty years between 1801 and 1851 Londons population almost tripled, the largest city the world had ever seen – double the size of Paris, three times the population of New York. The old systems for keeping a city fed, healthy and in working order\u00a0 no longer adequate and new ideas and inventions had to be thought of.\u00a0 In this two hour walk, Rob Smith will tell the stories of the inventors, campaigners, engineers and philanthropists that made London the worlds first modern city, and look for their legacy in the Clerkenwell area.\n\u00a0\nOn this guided walk\u00a0you will\u00a0hear about :<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Start: Farringdon\u00a0Underground Station\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n End: Angel Tube station<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk is 1.3 miles and contains two short flights of steps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F380627159%2F18182697121%2F1%2Foriginal.jpg?h=740&w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&s=2602f931e252880d122da5fc5872cdde\")
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