Embankment River Wall, Stairs And Lamp Standards

TQ 3079 NW,3080 SW and NE, CITY OF WESTMINSTER VICTORIA EMBANKMENT, SW1 3180 NW 73/49;74/18;83/54;92/13 5.2.70 Embankment River Wall, Stairs and Lamp Standards G.V. II River wall, stairs and lamp standards. 1864-70 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette as part of the engineering works to improve London's drainage system with interceptor sewers on both sides of the Thames, the "dolphin" lamp standards designed by Timothy Butler (most of them dated 1870). Granite retaining walls, cast iron lamp standards. The boldly detailed retaining walls are battered to river with bronze lion heads holding mooring rings and the parapet has a heavy segmental rolled coping with regularly spaced dies surmounted by the ornately designed "dolphin" lamp standards with globe lanterns. At the Westminster Bridge end a similarly detailed wall separates the Embankment proper from the road which rises to bridge level with stone paving and steps between the two levels and a flight of stairs alongside the Boadicea monunent(q.v.)Temple Stairs at the east end has a large boldly channelled semicircular archway. N B For the various memorials and public seats, see separate entries.

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