London's Victoria Embankment: Including Westminster Bridge, Hungerford Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge

Harley, Robert J.

ISBN 10: 1854142844 / ISBN 13: 9781854142849

Published by Capital Transport Publishing, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: London's Victoria Embankment: Including Westminster Bridge, Hungerford Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge
• Publisher: Capital Transport Publishing
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854142844
• ISBN 13: 9781854142849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Victoria Embankment, known to Londoners as simply 'The Embankment', was opened in 1870, when, according to The Times, the inauguration ceremony was marred by 'a great mob of roughs' invading the carriageway. Robert Harley's richly illustrated book is packed with such anecdote. It traces the history of Vulliamy and Bazalgette's combined embankment and sewage conduit, along with the Westminster, Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges, focusing on the changing modes of transport - from steamboats to motor cars - that have plied the once elegant thoroughfare.