Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . h theysucceeded in obtaining in 1868. The designs forthe embankment, roadv>-ay, and sewer were at once 66 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Chelsea. prepared by Mr. (afterwards Sir James) Bazalgette,the engineer to the Board, and the whole work wascompleted and opened to the public in 1874. At its commencement by Battersea Bridge verylittle land has been reclaimed from the Thames;but one alteration is worthy of mention—the oldawkward way down to the steamboat pier underthe archway of a private house has been clearedawav, and t
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . h theysucceeded in obtaining in 1868. The designs forthe embankment, roadv>-ay, and sewer were at once 66 OLD AND NEW LONDON. [Chelsea. prepared by Mr. (afterwards Sir James) Bazalgette,the engineer to the Board, and the whole work wascompleted and opened to the public in 1874. At its commencement by Battersea Bridge verylittle land has been reclaimed from the Thames;but one alteration is worthy of mention—the oldawkward way down to the steamboat pier underthe archway of a private house has been clearedawav, and the pontoon, moored close to the wall, is and the granite wall. This garden extends nearlyto Oakley Street, which the road rises gradually tomeet, while the path falls slightly in order to passunder the shore end of the new Albert is another pretty little piece of garden atthis part of the route. After this the reclaimedland becomes of yet greater extent as Cheyne Rowis reached. From this spot the Embankment andits surroundings can be seen to the best advaii-. TUE BOTANICAL GARDENS, CHELSEA, 1790. reached by a bridge resting in an opening in thegranite. An old block of houses, too, which stoodbetween this spot and Chelsea Church has beenentirely removed. They formed a narrow quaint-looking old thoroughfare, called Lombard Street,one part of which was spanned by the upper roomsof an old house. The backs of one side of thisthoroughfare overlooked, and here and there over-hung, the river; but they have all been clearedaway, and the narrow street converted into a broadone, so that one side of it faces the river. Afterpassing the church the road widens out, and as thespace between the houses and the embankmentwall becomes greater, a piece of land has been laidout as a garden, so that there are two roads, one infront of the shops, the other between the garden tage. The rough hammer-dressed granite wall runsin a straight line from here to where it meets theold roadway fo
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