What was London like in 1880?
What was London like in 1880? By 1880 there were one million gas street lamps in London, and the gas works were consuming 6.5 million tons of coal annually. The city became noteworthy for the brightness of its streets, shopfronts, and interiors at night compared to other European cities. What were the streets of London like in the 1800s? Horses drive traffic on London's Oxford Street in 1890. In the 19th century, London was the capital of the largest empire the world had ever known — and it was infamously filthy. It had choking, sooty fogs; the Thames River was...