Victoria Embankment from south bank
Victoria Embankment from south bank
Record No
142127
Title
Victoria Embankment from south bank
Description
View of Victoria Embankment, Westminster, from the south bank looking to Richmond Terrace. The extensive steel skeleton and cranes show the building of the Ministry of Defence buildings. They were constructed between 1939-59 to the designs of Vincent Harris. In front of this, by Whitehall Stairs, is the winged RAF memorial. Midstream, is a very smokey steam crane with a workmens' shed behind it, on a barge. Behind this is a moored boat, presumably flying a red flag and with 'WRECK' written in large letters on its side. The crane appears to be working hard pulling wooden piles from the river bed. These are from Emergency Bridge no. 1. Constructed in 1940, it ran from County Hall to the Victoria Embankment and Whitehall, connecting the LCC with Downing Street and MoD, in case Westminster Bridge was destroyed by enemy bombing. It was built on timber piling supporting steel girders for the decking. With the other two bridges it was dismantled in 1947-48 and re-erected in Africa.
Date of execution
1948
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Notes
- Updated 2010 10 28
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_541_F5187
London picture map location
Exact
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