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exemplary imperial city, and that the embankments were the greatest public work to be taken in London. This imperial power was represented in the embankments' grandeur and could be seen in the way they controlled nature, linking the local experience of nature in London to the global rivalries of imperial powers. On the river side, new steamboat piers and landing stairs were designed for river access. Above ground were tree lined roadway and pedestrian walkways, surfaced with York paving stone and decorative gaslight posts for the top of the wall.
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In addition to not having a large enough labour force to complete the work on schedule, the project's architect and property appraiser were challenged in successfully securing rights to all the wharves and other property that were required for access and storage during the project's construction.
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The embankments were designed as a contribution to "the appropriate, and appropriately civilized, cityscape for a prosperous commercial society." John Thwaites, the chair of the Metropolitan Board of Works, made note that the embankments were an important step in making London recognised as an
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Construction of the Victoria Embankment proved to be difficult because of the grandness of it. Parliament was assured that three years would be ample time to complete the project, which did not hold true.
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The Victoria section was the most complex of the three sections. It was much larger, more complex and more significant to the metropolis than the other two and officially opened on 13 July 1870 by the
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to release diluted sewage when rainstorms flooded the system, were built into it as a means of preventing backups in the drainage system and of periodically flushing the mud banks.
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route N550 is the only bus route along the Embankment, providing an overnight service when the tube is shut. Victoria Embankment was also the southern end of the
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In December 1878 Victoria Embankment became the first street in Britain to be permanently lit by electricity. The light was provided by 20
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They also ran into difficulty in acquiring contracts to maintain access to the steamboat landings at Westminster and Hungerford.
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was built within the Embankment and roofed over to take the roadway. The embankment was faced with granite, and
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The Victoria Embankment was preceded by many earlier works along the tidal Thames, including central London.
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The Victoria Embankment was one element of a three-part work, the other two parts being the
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Section through Victoria Embankment at Charing Cross showing sub-surface railway
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The Thames Embankment: Environment, Technology, and Society in Victorian London
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across London, runs along most of the Victoria Embankment: it opened in 2016.
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In addition, extra time and money were spent experimenting with a new type of
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Road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London
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at points along Victoria Embankment. Pleasure cruises operate from
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were laid out. One of these backs onto the government buildings of
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Describes the construction of the Victoria and Albert Embankments
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Winchester, Clarence, ed. (1938). "London's Riverside Highways".
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The project involved building out on to the foreshore of the
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in London, England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the
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Ships permanently moored by Victoria Embankment include
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The Victoria Embankment was designed by civil engineer
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PS Tattershall Castle
Thames Embankment
River Thames
Palace of Westminster
Blackfriars Bridge
City of London
City of Westminster
Battle of Britain Monument
HMS President
Victoria Embankment Gardens
Embanking of the tidal Thames


Yablochkov candles
Francis Webb Sheilds
Joseph Bazalgette
Albert Embankment
Chelsea Embankment
Cadogan Pier
Battersea Bridge
Metropolitan Board of Works
Thomas Brassey
sewerage system
Strand
Fleet Street
River Thames
cut-and-cover
District Railway
penstocks

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