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Victoria Embankment Gardens, equatorial sundial. A memorial to the British soldiers in the Korean War was unveiled in Victoria Embankment Gardens, between the River Thames and the Ministry of Defence headquarters in London, England, in December 2014. [1]
Victoria Embankment under construction in 1865 Electric light provided by Yablochkov candles in December 1878. The Victoria Embankment was designed by civil engineer Francis Webb Sheilds, who submitted designs to a Royal Commission [1] appointed in 1861. Following acceptance of the designs, construction was carried out by the Metropolitan Board ...
The Victoria Embankment is a road and river-walk on the north bank of the River Thames in London, formed from land reclaimed during the construction of Joseph Bazalgette's sewerage system in the late 19th century. [1] From 1864 a sequence of public gardens called the Victoria Embankment Gardens was created from this land.
A statue of Robert Raikes, often regarded as being the founder of Sunday schools, executed by the sculptor Thomas Brock, stands in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London, United Kingdom. It was unveiled by the Earl of Shaftesbury on 3 July 1880 and marked the centenary of the opening of the first Sunday school.
On the west side of the pylon facing the Embankment, the words "Per Ardua" are picked out in gold, and lower down there is the RAF insignia, and a dedication: IN MEMORY OF/ ALL RANKS OF THE/ ROYAL NAVAL AIR/ SERVICE ROYAL/ FLYING CORPS/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ AND THOSE/ AIR FORCES FROM/ EVERY PART OF THE/ BRITISH EMPIRE/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN ...
Bazalgette was a prolific Victorian engineer, responsible for the Embankment on the north of the Thames, as well as the smaller Albert Embankment to the south. As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1858) of a sewer network for central London which was instrumental in relieving the city from cholera ...
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Victoria Embankment, London, United Kingdom: Designer: Paul Day: Type: Sculpture: Material: Bronze, granite: Width: 25 m (82 ft 0 in) Opening date: 18 September 2005; 19 years ago () Dedicated to: Aircrew who flew in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War