A section through the roadway of Holborn Viaduct, London: looking east, showing the middle level sewer. Wood engraving after W. Haywood, 1854.
- Haywood, William, 1821-1894.
- Date:
- 1874
- Reference:
- 38495i
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The image is presumably taken from J. W. Bazalgette, W. Haywood, and W. Cubitt, Report upon the sewage interception and main drainage of the districts north of the Thames, London, 1854
Publication/Creation
[London], 1874.
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; image 21.1 x 14.5 cm
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Select images of this work were taken by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: WT/D/1/20/1/91/32
Lettering
Section of the Holborn Viaduct, showing the subways. ; <Taken by permission from Mr. Haywood's report.>
Lettering continues within the print, labelling the various pipes and the levels of the roadway
Lettering on the verso describes in some detail the sewage and storm water disposal system devised by Sir Joseph Bazalgette and Haywood for north London
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Wellcome Collection 38495i
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