Sculpture

Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge

Erection date: /5/1874

Inscription

{Inscribed on a stone plaque on the plinth, on the east side:}

Chelsea Embankment - opened May 1874
Lieut.Col. Sir James Macnaghten Hogg KCB, MP - Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB - Engineer

{On the base of the statue:}
{Encircled in two oak branches:}
1874

{Twice, on ribbons:}
Coalbrookdale

Site: Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge (2 memorials)

SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Albert Bridge Gardens

The lamp standard is one of a pair, the other being at Chelsea Old Church see there for some more information. The metal plaque is laid in the ground in front of the plinth.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge

Subjects commemorated i

Sir Joseph Bazalgette

Civil engineer. Born in Enfield.  As chief engineer of the Metropolitan Board...

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Sir James Macnaghten Hogg

Politician and civil administrator. Born in Calcutta. The elder brother of Qu...

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Chelsea Embankment

Designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Apart from providing a pleasant riverside ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge

Created by i

Coalbrookdale Company

An iron foundry set up by Abraham Darby in Shropshire. Can you guess what the...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Chelsea Embankment - Albert Bridge

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Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

Chelsea Embankment memorial - restored

An unusually decorative and high quality plaque for such a mundane event. We ...

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