EXPO2000 ::The London World Exposition 1862::

Official title: The London International Exhibition on Industry and Art of 1862

Planning began: 1858

Construction began: 9th March 1861

Opened: 1st May 1862

Duration: 1st May – 1st November 1862 (184 days)

Location: South Kensington, in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society

Symbol: Exhibition Palace, with the two largest domes in the world

Innovations: Babbage’s analytical engine, the use of caoutchouc for the production of rubber, the Bessemer steel production process

Organisation: Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Trade; from 1861, a Royal Commission

President: Earl Granville

Architect: Captain Francis Fowke

Surface area of the Exhibition: 12.5 hectares

Exhibitors: approx. 29,000, of which 9,000 from Great Britain and 2,600 from the British colonies

Organisation of exhibits: 4 sections, 40 classes

Foreign participating countries: 36 countries

Visitors: 6.1 million

Entrance price: depending on the day, between a shilling and a pound

Cost: £458,842

Takings: £459,632

Profit: £790

Jury: composed of 296 British and 271 foreign members spread over the 36 industrial and agricultural classes

Awards: 7,000 medals and 5,300 honourable citations

Year: 1862	City: London	Country: Great Britain
Duration: 1st May - 1st November 1862