Article ID: CBB001201804

Portrait, Empire, and Industry at the Belle Vue Zoo, Manchester (2014)

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Belle vue zoo, founded in 1836, both celebrated and replicated the industrial surroundings of Manchester. Looking at the Zoo from a distance, people in the mid-nineteenth century would have remarked upon the establishment's dazzling grounds, illuminated either by Belle Vue's own gas works or by the electricity powered by its robust generators. They also would have caught sight of the zoo's buildings, humming with the action of the steam-driven machines within. By utilizing the most up-to-date technology, Belle Vue was an extension of its neighboring manufacturing city.

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Authors & Contributors
Gooday, Graeme J. N.
Gooday, Gaeme
Thorsen, Live Emma
William, Rosen
Vint, Sherryl
Tomory, Leslie
Concepts
Science and culture
Science and industry
Industrialization
Electricity; magnetism
Popular culture
Science and entertainment; science and spectacle
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
United States
Pacific Northwest (North America)
Birmingham (England)
Virginia (U.S.)
Germany
Institutions
Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain)
Zoological Society of London
Royal Geographical Society
Linnean Society of London
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