Sujet

Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, c1870-1900

Légende

Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, c1870-1900. General view looking north. Sir Joseph Bazalgette laid out the Albert Embankment on the south bank of the Thames between 1866 and 1869. It stretches from Vauxhall Bridge to Westminster Bridge and was designed to protect low-lying areas of Lambeth from flooding as well as providing a new thoroughfare along the river bypassing the congested streets of the area.

Date

1870

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19A82_270

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,0Mo (1,4Mo) / 41,6cm x 32,5cm / 4910 x 3843 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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