The Victoria Embankment, and steamship on the River Thames, London, c1907. The Embankment was designed by the civil engineer Joseph Bazalgette to accommodate his new sewer system and to provide a thoroughfare alongside the River Thames. In the centre is Cleopatra's Needle, an ancient Egyptian obelisk dating from c1500 BC, transported from Egypt to London in 1878. Postcard.

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Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
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