Commencement of the Metropolitan High-Level Sewer, Near the Victoria Park
Print
7 June 1856 (published)
7 June 1856 (published)
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Illustration showing workmen digging a trench for a sewer under Victoria Park.
Object details
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| Title | Commencement of the Metropolitan High-Level Sewer, Near the Victoria Park (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | wood engraving |
| Brief description | 'Commencement of the Metropolitan High-Level Sewer, Near the Victoria Park', wood engraving from The Illustrated London News, 19 February 1859 |
| Physical description | Illustration showing workmen digging a trench for a sewer under Victoria Park. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers |
| Object history | The High Level Sewer is part of the sewer system designed by Joseph Bazalgette in the 1850s. It is an interceptor sewer that runs from Hampstead Hill to Wick Lane via Kentish Town, Stoke Newington and Victoria Park. This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Taken from departmental handlist |
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| Accession number | E.4947-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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