In the early 1850s, the Dukes of Hamilton built the Hamilton Mausoleum in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, as a grand resting place for their family. Standing 123 feet tall, it features one of the longest echoes in manmade structures. Due to subsidence, it remains empty, symbolizing Victorian ambition and history.
The Hamilton Mausoleum at Hamilton Palace commenced construction in 1842, but it would not be completed fully until 1858, Architects putting the final touches on it even 4 years after the Duke of Hamilton’s death. Blantyre’s Caledonian Railway was open by that time and so excursions were launched from Glasgow for people to come […]