Coal Post
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Coal Post
Image: © Kurseong Carl Taken: 16 Jun 2012
More than 200 of these "coal posts" were erected around London in 1861. The cost of rebuilding after the Great Fire was so enormous that a levy was imposed on coal brought into the City from 1834 until it was discontinued in 1890.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.287603
Longitude
-0.24286