General view showing a large group of men in top hats posed on a bank by some construction works

Date:
12 Jul 1862
Location:
Crossness Sewage Treatment Works, Crossness Pumping Station, Bazalgette Way, Erith Marshes, Bexley, Greater London Authority
Reference:
OP04632
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The photograph is entitled "Main Drainage Metropolis", and has the caption "Inspection by Members of Both Houses of Parliament, Saturday 12th July 1862". There is an inscription reading "Lords & Commons 12/7/62" in the bottom left hand corner of the print. The photograph is possibly an image taken during an inspection of the construction of the Crossness Pumping Station in Bexley.

Content

This is part of the Collection: MBW01 Photographs of Metropolitan Board of Works projects including Crossness

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive