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
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Civil engineer. Born in Enfield. As chief engineer of the Metropolitan Board...
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Sir Joseph Bazalgette
The quotation comes from one of the apocrypha, the Wisdom of Solomon, 3.2. The south face of this monument fronts the road and the insc...
The quote "Gracious..." is from Psalm 116:5, and "Blessed..." is from Revelation 14:13.
Victoria died on 22 January 1901, less than a year after this last visit to the City.
Unveiled in the Somerset House quadrangle in 1924. Moved to the Thames side terrace in 2002.
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