Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Mr John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, performed the office. The Thames Embankment is a work of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed land next to the River Thames in central London. It consists of the Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Creator: Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864. Mr John Thwaites, chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works, performed the office. The Thames Embankment is a work of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed land next to the River Thames in central London. It consists of the Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Creator: Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Thames Embankment at Whitehall Stairs, 1864
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Hulton Archive
Date created:
01 January, 1864
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