1884 -

: Representatives from 25 nations met in Washington for the International Meridian Conference, officially establishing Greenwich, England, as the Prime Meridian and the standard for time-reckoning across the globe. Shadows of the Era

In the late autumn of , the world stood at a strange crossroads between the gaslight of the past and the electric spark of the future. This was the year that defined human ambition, from the towering heights of monuments to the desperate depths of the sea. The Spark of Ambition : Representatives from 25 nations met in Washington

: In a grand ceremony in Paris on July 4, France formally presented the completed statue to the United States. The Spark of Ambition : In a grand

: After decades of construction, the monument was finally finished in D.C., becoming the tallest structure in the world at the time. officially establishing Greenwich