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"Composed upon Westminster Bridge, 3 September 1802" is a Petrarchan sonnet by William Wordsworth describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning. It was first published in the collection Poems, in Two Volumes in 1807.
The Thames at Westminster Bridge - the Lord Mayor's Procession, Canaletto, 1747 (detail of ships near the south bank).png Licensing This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.
Thorney Street Westminster. Thorney Island was the eyot (or small island) on the River Thames, upstream of medieval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster (commonly known today as the Houses of Parliament) were built. It was formed by rivulets of the River Tyburn, which entered the Thames nearby.
Waterstand of Thames at low tide (left) and high tide (right) in comparison at Blackfriars Bridge in London. Below Teddington Lock (about 55 mi or 89 km upstream of the Thames Estuary), the river is subject to tidal activity from the North Sea. Before the lock was installed, the river was tidal as far as Staines, about 16 mi (26 km) upstream. [33]
Westminster Bridge is a road-and-foot-traffic bridge crossing over the River Thames in London, linking Westminster on the west side and Lambeth on the east side. The bridge is painted predominantly green, the same colour as the leather seats in the House of Commons which is on the side of the Palace of Westminster nearest to the bridge, but a ...
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Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and river-walk along the north bank of the River Thames in London, England. Built in the 1860s, it runs from the Palace of Westminster to Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London, and acts as a major thoroughfare for road traffic between the City of Westminster and the City of London.
The Building of Westminster Bridge is a 1742 riverscape painting by the English artist Samuel Scott. [1] It depicts the construction of Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London . Visible on the skyline are St John's, Smith Square , Westminster Hall , Westminster Abbey and the tower St Margaret's .