Sujet

Damaged interior of the underground reservoir, Beckton Sewage Works, London, 1938. Artist: Unknown.

Légende

Damaged interior of the underground reservoir, Beckton Sewage Works, London, 1938. Struts supporting a collapsing arch, with part of the roof missing. The Northern Outfall Sewer (NOS) runs from Wick Lane in Hackney to Beckton sewage treatment works in east London. Most of it was designed by Joseph Bazalgette after an outbreak of cholera in 1853 and the Great Stink of 1858.

Date

1938

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B04_490

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,7Mo (863,2Ko) / 28,5cm x 22,5cm / 3371 x 2663 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings London England interior indoors architecture archway arch industry danger dangerous support sewer damage damaged reservoir underground century inside thirties concept collapsing sewage strut B&W collapse collapsed MONOCHROME Greenwich sewage works Architectural Feature sewerage Council black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Greater London Council London County Council sewage treatment works sewer system TGN Woolwich photograph GLC Unknown LCC Beckton Sewage Works Northern Outfall Sewer