Tuesday 1 July 2008

The Craig Telescope

THE CRAIG TELESCOPE

A favourite activity of mine is discovering - by chance - long-lost Victorian buildings, that have long since disappeared. One such, mentioned to me in passing by an email correspondent, is the Craig telescope, a gigantic device that was constructed on Wandsworth Common in the 1850s. Reminiscent of something from 'War of the Worlds', it should delight anyone fascinated by Victorian engineering or the 'steampunk' aesthetic. There's a great little site on it here and I've added most of a Times article here.

2 comments:

  1. There's also the giant telescope that connects London to NewYork

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  2. No to forget the Telephonoscope ... Punch got there first ...

    http://www.victorianlondon.org/science/futurology.htm

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