Erection date: /5/1874
{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.