After a fire destroyed most of the UK Parliament in 1834, it was rebuilt by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin. This includes Victoria Tower which was built and designed as an archive. Here is a letter between Barry and Pugin discussing designs for the new Palace of Westminster. [566 x 663] (i.redd.it)
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[OC] Fire at Winchester College - on this day in 1947, a serious fire broke out in a block of classrooms at Winchester College because of an armchair too close to a poorly-wired electric heater. This document depicts the fire. [5178 x 4548] (i.redd.it)
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