Sujet

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1750. Artist: Unknown

Légende

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London, c1750; with figures. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve London's water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away and bringing it to large cisterns at Finsbury. From there it was delivered to the city in pipes made from hollowed elm trunks.

Date

1750

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A91_395

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,3Mo (2,6Mo) / 43,5cm x 28,3cm / 5142 x 3348 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river water building buildings London England geography color colour supply century New River 18th century Eighteenth Century waterworks Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Finsbury geographical feature Islington New River Head TGN water amenities watercolour Unknown