Sujet

Fleet-Street, deepening the sewer, 1845. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Fleet-Street, deepening the sewer, 1845. Workers improving the underground waste system in London, with Temple Bar in the distance. '...the difficulty of keeping open the traffic, so as not to extinguish the "very animated appearance" of Fleet-street, is a work of much difficulty. The cost of the present undertaking, contracted for by Messrs. Ward and Son, of Aldersgate- street, is £2000...There do not appear to be published data from which the total extent of the metropolitan Sewers can be ascertained. The Holbom and Finsbury divisions contain eighty three miles. In addition to these, there are sixteen miles of smaller Sewers, to carry off the surface-water from the streets and roads, and two hundred and fifty-four miles of drains leading from houses to the main Sewers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM21A07_151

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

69,0Mo (6,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 41,1cm / 4960 x 4859 (300dpi)

Mots clés

traffic transport transportation building London England work job pipes pipe worker construction occupation waste British support sewer excavation entrance gate underground workmen workman location Victorian century Britain profession newspapers press digging concept Temple Bar prop props roadworks excavations United Kingdom B&W street scene excavating sewers sanitation 19th century subterranean black & white black and white B W nineteenth century workers The Print Collector Fleet Street Illustrated London News navvy sewer system TGN ILN street newspaper engraving Unknown working man