Tuesday, November 14, 2006

busy bazalgette

According to Wikipedia, Sir Joseph was a very busy man indeed, not only engineering London's sewerage system but also:

Albert Embankment (1869)
Victoria Embankment (1870)
Chelsea Embankment (1874)
Putney Bridge (1886)
Albert Bridge (1884; modifications)
Hammersmith Bridge (1887)
the
Woolwich Ferry (1889)
Battersea Bridge (1890)
Charing Cross Road
Garrick Street
Northumberland Avenue
Shaftesbury Avenue
early plans for the
Blackwall Tunnel (1897)
proposal for what later became
Tower Bridge

Holy moly!

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