With the amazing improvements within the railway services, visits to the seaside became popular and fishing villages such as Worthing, Brighton and Scarborough (to name only three) began turning into major tourist centres. All of this was helped by the Bank Holiday Act of 1871, which created a number of fixed holidays. Thomas Cook (1808-1892) took advantage of this opportunity and his company still survives today in 2016.
Communication improved at a rapid pace during the Victorian Era, as did travel. The Penny Black, the first postage stamp, standardized postage to a flat price regardless of distance sent. Electric power, the telegraph and telephones all started to make an appearance on the Victorian scene. By 1889, hand-held cameras were available.
A great engineering feat in the Victorian Era was the sewage system in London. During the same period, London's water supply network was expanded and improved. In the 1880's, a gas network for lighting and heating was introduced.
At this time science grew into the discipline it is today with the now famous theory of evolution by Charles Darwin, in his book "On The Origin Of Species", first published in 1859.
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