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| Picture No | 10215715 |
| Date | June 1867 |
| Description | Sewers Under London 1867 |
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Cross-section of the Thames Embankment, at that time in construction and completed in 1870. The embankment was built to protect Joseph Bazalgette's low-level sewers and the underground railway, as well as reclaim ground for riverside roads and gardens behind their curved granite-faced river walls.
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| Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated London News', 22 June 1867, page 632 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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