Caption

REPAVEMENT OF THE STRAND, LONDON, UK; The usually crowded roadways of Fleet Street and the Strand have just been in part re-laid with granite pavement, in well-timed anticipation of the additional amount of traffic to be expected during the approaching Great Exhibition. The system now generally adopted in the metropolitan carriage roads is, to prepare a foundation of concrete, and then place upon it the granite blocks to a proper curve, generally a flat segment of a circle, so as to throw off the water into the side gutters. The interstices are then grouted with liquid mortar, and the whole surface is afterwards strewed with sand, and thus made ready for traffic., 1851 engraving

Date

1851

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT13A41_461

License type

Rights managed

Available size

45,9Mb (3,5Mb) / 16,7in x 10,7in / 5000 x 3210 (300dpi)

Keywords

REPAVEMENT STRAND LONDON UK usually crowded roadways Fleet Street Strand part re-laid granite pavement well-timed anticipation additional amount traffic expected approaching Great Exhibition. system generally adopted metropolitan carriage roads prepare foundation concrete place granite blocks proper curve generally flat segment circle throw water side gutters. interstices grouted liquid mortar whole surface afterwards strewed sand thus made ready traffic. 1851 engraving engraved image history illustrative technique engravement engraving victorian Arts Culture 19th Century Style Retro Styled Vintage retro arkheia nineteenth century engraving historic art