Engraving of river embankment construction,1860s
Numéro d’image : 11903770
| River embankment construction. Engraving of a river embankment being built in the 19th century. River embankments help to contain a river and prevent flooding in the immediate area. Image of the Thames Embankment in London,UK,being built in 1866. This scheme replaced an ancient mud bank and allowed the installation of a sewerage system which discharged 19 kilometres away. The scheme was supervised by Sir Joseph Bazalgette,the chief civil engineer to London's Board of Works. Bazalgette (1819-1890) had previously designed the city's entire sewer system. This comprised 155 kilometres of sewers covering an area of 256 square kilometres | |
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| Crédit: | Science Photo Library |
| Taille de l’image : | 4606 px × 3904 px |
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