EPW024261 ENGLAND (1928). Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds and Earl's Court Railway Station, Earl's Court, 1928
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| Title | [EPW024261] Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds and Earl's Court Railway Station, Earl's Court, 1928 | 
| Reference | EPW024261 | 
| Date | October-1928 | 
| Link | |
| Place name | EARL'S COURT | 
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND | 
| Easting / Northing | 525204, 178187 | 
| Longitude / Latitude | -0.19646214640758, 51.488267743469 | 
| National Grid Reference | TQ252782 | 
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|  Empress Hall, a theatre, auditorium and latterly an ice skating rink.  During WW1 it was used to house Belgian refugees.
On the site now is the Empress State Building high-rise office block, which was built in 1961 and was used to house various government departments including the MoD. It is now used as an administration building for the Metropolitan Police. |   The Laird | Thursday 26th of June 2014 04:19:42 PM | 
|  Site from 1887 of an early show-ground that once hosted a giant Ferris wheel. In 1937, the current Earls Court Exhibition Centre was opened on the site.  There are plans to demolish this and redevelop the entire area. |   The Laird | Thursday 26th of June 2014 04:07:05 PM | 
 
             
  ![[EPW024261] Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds and Earl's Court Railway Station, Earl's Court, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/024/EPW024261.jpg) 
  
                                          ![[EPW055290] Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055290.jpg) 
 ![[EPW059934] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Empress Theatre and surrounding residential areas, Earl's Court, 1938](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/059/EPW059934.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051916] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051916.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053636] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053636.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052251] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936. This image has been produced from a print.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052251.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053628] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053628.jpg) 
 ![[EPW024262] Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds and Lillie Bridge Depot, Earl's Court, 1928](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/024/EPW024262.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052533] Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1937. This image has been produced from a print.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052533.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051912] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051912.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052931] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052931.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052783] Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052783.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053629] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053629.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053626] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053626.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051911] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051911.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052789] Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052789.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051910] The Earl's Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051910.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052932] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052932.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055909] Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055909.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051554] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051554.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052936] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052936.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052944] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052944.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051913] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051913.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051915] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051915.jpg) 
 ![[EAW000107] Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, 1946](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/000/EAW000107.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052253] The Earl's Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1936. This image was produced from a damaged negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052253.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052791] Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052791.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052787] Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052787.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055902] Empress Hall and Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055902.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053627] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053627.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052395] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937. This image has been produced from a copy-negative.](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052395.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054652] The newly completed Earls Court Exhibition Centre and the Empress Hall, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054652.jpg) 
 ![[EPW052933] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/052/EPW052933.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053634] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053634.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053633] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053633.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054649] The newly completed Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054649.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053632] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053632.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054657] The Empress Hall, Fulham, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054657.jpg) 
 ![[EPW054650] The newly completed Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/054/EPW054650.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055901] Empress Hall and Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Fulham, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055901.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051556] The Empress Hall and the Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Fulham, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051556.jpg) 
 ![[EAW015275] Car parking around the Empress Hall and Earls Court Exhibition Centre for the British Industries Fair, Fulham, 1948](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/015/EAW015275.jpg) 
 ![[EPW051555] The Empress Hall and the Earls Court Exhibition Centre under construction, Fulham, 1936](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/051/EPW051555.jpg) 
 ![[EAW022044] Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earl's Court, from the south-east, 1949](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EAW/022/EAW022044.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055904] Empress Hall, Fulham, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055904.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055910] Empress Hall, Fulham, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055910.jpg) 
 ![[EPW055900] Empress Hall, Fulham, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/055/EPW055900.jpg) 
 ![[EPW053631] The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (Earls Court One) under construction, Earl's Court, 1937](http://britainfromabove.org.uk/sites/all/libraries/aerofilms-images/public/100x100/EPW/053/EPW053631.jpg)