page_title: 1847 in architecture
section_title: Buildings opened
hierarchical_section_title: 1847 in architecture / Buildings and structures / Buildings opened
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Vue de aqueduc de Roquefavour depuis le nord-ouest. A l'arrière-plan, le pont de la LGV méditerranée sur l'Arc.English: View of the Roquefavour Aqueduct from north-west. In the background, the bridge of the LGV Méditerranée crossing the Arc river.
context_page_description: The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
context_section_description: March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.
  April 15 – Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
  June 28 – Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
  June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
  August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
  September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
  November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.
  First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.
caption: The Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France
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