The Thames Embankment is a work of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed marshy land next to the River Thames in central London. It consists of the Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment.
1890s postcard of the Thames Embankment
A plan of the Thames Embankment
The Victoria Embankment under construction in 1865. Hungerford Bridge can be seen in the background.
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 Westminster end of Victoria Embankment and PS Tattershall Castle, pictured in 2009
Victoria Embankment under construction in 1865
Electric light provided by Yablochkov candles in December 1878
Section through Victoria Embankment at Charing Cross showing sub-surface railway