Queen Victoria Street, London
Queen Victoria Street, named after the British monarch who reigned from 1837 to 1901, is a street in London which runs east by north from its junction with New Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment in the Castle Baynard ward of the City of London, along a section that divides the wards of Queenhithe and Bread Street, then lastly through the middle of Cordwainer ward, until it reaches Mansion House Street at Bank junction. Beyond Bank junction, the street continues north-east as Threadneedle Street which joins Bishopsgate. Other streets linked to Queen Victoria Street include Puddle Dock, Cannon Street, Walbrook and Poultry.
Queen Victoria Street in 1989
Queen Victoria Street's eastern end pictured in 1955. The church of St Stephen Walbrook (right) is undergoing repair after damage in the Blitz. The Bank of New Zealand's building at 1 Queen Victoria Street is centre left
The Salvation Army's headquarters on Queen Victoria Street.
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