2-699-099 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Present Coal Exchange', c1872. The building in Lower Thames Street, City of London, was opened by Prince Albert in 1849. It was one of the first substantial buildings constructed from cast iron. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]