Sir Joseph Bazalgette, CB.
Engineer of the London main drainage system and of this embankment.
Born 1819 Died 1891.
{Above the bust:}
Flumini vincula posvit
{He put the river in chains}
Bronze 1899
WC2, Victoria Embankment
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Civil engineer. Born in Enfield. As chief engineer of the Metropolitan Board...
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette
This is a multi-part monument: with four elements, spread over two sites, This northern one and the southern one. At each site there are...
Through the gates you can see that most of the names are nicely picked out but that some panels are damaged by what looks like damp (as y...
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like that any more, thank heavens.
The monument was designed by Simpson. The Muse (naked lady) on the south face is a copy of Ford's own (for the Shelley memorial in Oxfor...
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