faster rate. In response, terra cotta and other kiln-fired tiles became popular facings for buildings in the 1880s and 1890s, because they resisted soot and damp and also provided welcome colour to buildings that were otherwise drab. Concerns over smoke pollution gave rise to private Smoke Abatement societies in London and throughout Britain, which championed different measures for controlling smoke pollution. One of these measures was smoke-prevention technology – an exhibition of such devices was staged in London over an 11-week period by the Smoke Abatement Committee in 1881. The exhibition attracted 116,000 attendants and displayed all manner of smokeless furnaces, stoves, grates, and alternative industrial equipment. While the passage of the 1853 Smoke Nuisance Abatement Act placed restrictions on industrial smoke emissions, an attempt in 1884 to legislate against domestic smoke pollution failed, leaving a significant contributor to the problem unregulated. Famous buildings and landmarks Many famous buildings and landmarks of London were constructed during the 19th century including: Buckingham Palace Trafalgar Square Nelson's Column Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament Royal Albert Hall Albert Memorial Tower Bridge Wellington Arch Marble Arch British Museum Natural History Museum National Gallery Victoria and Albert Museum Colonial Office See also History of Egypt under the British Anglo-Egyptian Sudan British West Africa Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate Colony of New South Wales Colony of Tasmania British Ceylon British Guiana British Honduras British Cyprus British Hong Kong British Malaya British Mauritius Crown Colony of Malta British Raj British Somaliland British Western Pacific Territories British Windward Islands Cape Colony Chartism Afro-Barbadians British West Indies Colony of Jamaica Colony of Natal East Africa Protectorate Gambia Colony and Protectorate Gold Coast (British colony) Griqualand West Magdalen College Newfoundland Colony British rule in Burma North Borneo Northern Nigeria Protectorate John A. Macdonald Post-Confederation Canada (1867–1914) Oxford University Colony of New Zealand Presidencies and provinces of British India Prior Park College Protectorate of Uganda Queen Victoria John Elias Duleep Singh Raj of Sarawak Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate Southern Nigeria Protectorate Straits Settlements Sheikhdom of Kuwait Trucial States History of Bahrain (1783-1971) Muscat and Oman Aden Protectorate Timeline of London (1800s) Charles Spurgeon Annie Besant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland History of Ireland (1801-1923) Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Victorian era John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence Alfred, Lord Tennyson British African-Caribbean people British Indo-Caribbean people Turks and Caicos Islands Henry Parkes Gordon Sprigg Alfred Russel