Picture No | 10207847 |
Date | 1866 |
Description | Construction Thames Embankment near Arunel Street 1866 |
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Metropolitan improvements of Thames Embankment which extends from Waterloo Bridge to the east side of the Temple Gardens, a length of 1970 ft. The large space of solid ground thus reclaimed from the bed of the river, road and railway with low-level sewer of the main drain-pipes, telegraph wires and apparatus. Illustration showing progress of the masonry and brickwork which composed the outer wall of the embankment, faced with cut granite and the arched passages of drain and subway just referred to.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 24 February 1866, page 173 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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