Title

Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, c1870-1900

Caption

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

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A82_270

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (1,4Mb) / 16,4in x 12,8in / 4910 x 3843 (300dpi)

Keywords

river building buildings London England River Thames Thames architecture geography location Victorian century civil engineering albert embankment B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W Lambeth nineteenth century English Heritage geographical feature TGN Sir Joseph William York & Son Joseph William Bazalgette Bazalgette Joseph Bazalgette Sir Joseph Bazalgette Joseph William Bazalgette