Sir Joseph Bazalgette, CB.
Engineer of the London main drainage system and of this embankment.
Born 1819 Died 1891.
{Above the bust:}
Flumini vincula posvit
{He put the river in chains}
Bronze 1899
WC2, Victoria Embankment
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Civil engineer. Born in Enfield. Â As chief engineer of the Metropolitan Board...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Through the gates you can see that most of the names are nicely picked out but that some panels are damaged by what looks like damp (as y...
Our image shows a close-up of the logo on the memorial. We think that the bird (a swallow?) used to be flying in front of an enamelled bl...
The statue is named 'Victory'. While the form of the monument is very different, the inscription is extremely similar to that on the Edmo...
The monument is very weather-worn but the two panels containing the names are crisp so we think they have been recently re-carved. WW2 su...
We note that the name John B. Freeman appears twice. Whilst this is probably a mistake on the part of the memorial creators we cannot ass...
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them