A view showing the Chelsea Bridge from the south-west, with two male figures sat on a low brick wall on the embankment

Date:: 1885 - 1890

Location:: Chelsea Bridge, Wandsworth, Greater London Authority, SW8; Show all locations

Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea, Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London Authority

Reference:: MBW02/017

Type:: Photograph (Albumen Print)

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Description

The bridge had originally be named Victoria Bridge but, as it proved structurally unsound, it was renamed to avoid association with the Royal Family.

The location is incorrectly identified on the mount as Battersea Bridge.

Content

This is part of the Collection: MBW02 Metropolitan Board of Works Photographs

Rights

People & Organisations

Client: Metropolitan Board Of Works London

Photographer: York, Frederick Arlington Viler

Keywords

Victorian Bridge