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The Glaciarium was the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink and was located in London, England. An item in the 8 June 1844 issue of Littell's Living Age headed "The Glaciarium" reported: This establishment, which has been removed to Grafton street East' Tottenham-court-road [sic], was opened on Monday afternoon. The area of artificial ice is extremely convenient for such as may be desirous of engaging in the graceful and manly pastime of skating. — The Glaciarium, Littell's Living Age, Volume 1, No. 4
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| dbo:abstract | The Glaciarium was the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink and was located in London, England. An item in the 8 June 1844 issue of Littell's Living Age headed "The Glaciarium" reported: This establishment, which has been removed to Grafton street East' Tottenham-court-road [sic], was opened on Monday afternoon. The area of artificial ice is extremely convenient for such as may be desirous of engaging in the graceful and manly pastime of skating. — The Glaciarium, Littell's Living Age, Volume 1, No. 4 A later rink was opened by John Gamgee in a tent in a small building just off the Kings Road in Chelsea, London, on 7 January 1876. In March, it moved to a permanent venue at 379 Kings Road, where a rink measuring 40 by 24 feet was established. The rink was based on a concrete surface, with layers of earth, cow hair and timber planks. Atop these were laid oval copper pipes carrying a solution of glycerine with ether, nitrogen peroxide, and water. The pipes were covered by water and the solution was pumped through, freezing the water into ice. Gamgee had discovered the process while attempting to develop a method to freeze meat for import from Australia and New Zealand, and had patented it as early as 1870. Gamgee operated the rink on a membership-only basis and attempted to attract a wealthy clientele, experienced in open-air ice skating during winters in the Alps. He installed an orchestra gallery, which could also be used by spectators, and decorated the walls with views of the Swiss Alps. The rink initially proved a success, and Gamgee opened two further rinks later in the year: at Rusholme in Manchester and the "Floating Glaciarium" at Charing Cross in London, this last significantly larger at 115 by 25 feet. However, the process was expensive, and mists rising from the ice deterred customers, forcing Gamgee to close the Glaciarium by the end of the year, and all his rinks had shut by mid-1878. However, the opened in 1879, using Gamgee's method. (en) Het Glaciarium was de eerste kunstijsbaan ter wereld en werd op 7 januari 1876 geopend in Londen aan de in de wijk Chelsea. De baan werd door bedacht en bevond zich in een tent in een klein gebouw, maar enkele maanden later werd deze verplaatst naar de permanente locatie 379 Kings Road, waar de baan afmetingen kreeg van 40 bij 24 voet. De baan was aangelegd op een betonnen oppervlak met hierop een laag aarde, haren van koeien en houten planken. Hierop werden ovale koperen pijpen gelegd waar een oplossing van glycerine met ether, peroxidestikstof en water door werd geleid.De pijpen werden bedekt met een laag water en de oplossing die door de pijpen werd gepompt deed het water bevriezen. Gamgee had het proces ontdekt toen hij een methode probeerde te ontwikkelen om importvlees uit Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland te bevriezen, waarop hij in 1870 patent verwierf. Voor de exploitatie van de baan werd gebruikgemaakt van de ervaringen die men had met de reeds bestaande openluchtbanen in de wintersport landen in de Alpen. Om van de baan gebruik te maken moest men een abonnement nemen, waardoor alleen welgestelde mensen hiervan konden gebruikmaken. Een orkest zorgde voor de nodige stemming en de wanden van de baan waren gedecoreerd met prachtig uitzicht op de Zwitserse Alpen. Aanvankelijk was de baan een groot succes en Gambee opende nog in hetzelfde jaar twee andere banen, de Rushholme in Manchester en de Floating Glaciarium in Charing Cross in Londen. Deze laatste baan was met zijn 115 bij 25 voet aanmerkelijk groter dan de vorige. Het proces was echter behoorlijk duur en door de mistige sfeer op de baan bleven de bezoekers weg. Halverwege 1878 was Gambee gedwongen om al zijn banen te sluiten. (nl) |
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| dbp:text | This establishment, which has been removed to Grafton street East' Tottenham-court-road [sic], was opened on Monday afternoon. The area of artificial ice is extremely convenient for such as may be desirous of engaging in the graceful and manly pastime of skating. (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | The Glaciarium was the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink and was located in London, England. An item in the 8 June 1844 issue of Littell's Living Age headed "The Glaciarium" reported: This establishment, which has been removed to Grafton street East' Tottenham-court-road [sic], was opened on Monday afternoon. The area of artificial ice is extremely convenient for such as may be desirous of engaging in the graceful and manly pastime of skating. — The Glaciarium, Littell's Living Age, Volume 1, No. 4 (en) Het Glaciarium was de eerste kunstijsbaan ter wereld en werd op 7 januari 1876 geopend in Londen aan de in de wijk Chelsea. De baan werd door bedacht en bevond zich in een tent in een klein gebouw, maar enkele maanden later werd deze verplaatst naar de permanente locatie 379 Kings Road, waar de baan afmetingen kreeg van 40 bij 24 voet. Gamgee had het proces ontdekt toen hij een methode probeerde te ontwikkelen om importvlees uit Australië en Nieuw-Zeeland te bevriezen, waarop hij in 1870 patent verwierf. (nl) |
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