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Description: | Vauxhall Gardens, Vauxhall. Mr.Cocking's ill-fated parachute attached to Mr.Green's Balloon at the Gardens. The experiment failed with fatal consequences to him. The parachute was released at an estimated mile and a half from the ground and turned over soon after.
Engraving from The Mirror, Saturday July 29th 1837. | License: | http://www.lambethlandmark.com/terms.html | Subjects: | Side Shows Ballooning Vauxhall Gardens - Introduction Pleasure Gardens Vauxhall Gardens Balloons | Temporal: | 1066-01-01T00:00:00/1849-12-31T23:59:00 | Source: | Lambeth Landmark | Creator: | Lambeth Libraries | Identifier: | http://landmark.lambeth.gov.uk/display_p... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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