Sujet

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, 1857. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Progress of the Embankment of the Thames at Chelsea, [London], 1857. View of '...a portion in progress by Mr. Jay, the contractor, under the Woods and Works, extending nearly from [Vauxhall-bridge] to the entrance to the Grosvenor Canal, Chelsea...The entrances to the different docks, canals, &c., are spanned by straight cast-iron girders, and the roadway made good over, so as to avoid any obstruction to the public, and will thus afford an uninterrupted promenade for the whole distance; the foundation, as shown in the Drawing, is done by what is called half-tide work; and the barge alongside the piles contains a double pumping-engine, for the purpose of drawing off the water to enable the workmen to dig out the foundation for the bricklayers; and further on are men driving sheet piling for the purpose of continuing the dam'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A75_251

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

15,0Mo (1,2Mo) / 21,3cm x 17,6cm / 2521 x 2079 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river London England River Thames Thames job boat boats engineering construction site foundations occupation British geography color pump foundation building site workmen workman century barge piles Britain engine profession newspapers press digging civil engineering B&W embankment engraved engraving Colour 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W white and black Chelsea Kensington and Chelsea nineteenth century The Print Collector Chelsea Embankment geographical feature Illustrated London News pumping engine TGN wood engraving ILN newspaper Unknown working man 19th-century