Original description by George Birch
The Victoria Embankment extends along the left bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to Blackfriars, a distance of nearly 1½ miles. It was constructed in 1864–70, under the superintendance of Sir Joseph Bazalgette, at a cost of about £2,000,000. It consists of a carriageway 64 ft. wide, and two foot pavements of 16 and 20 ft. in breadth respectively, the whole of which surface was, until construction of the Embankment, covered by the tide twice a day. On the river-side it is protected by a granite wall 8 ft. thick. The Embankment is lined with rows of trees, and pretty gardens have been made of some of the land reclaimed from the river. The principal approaches are from Blackfriars and Westminster Bridges, from Charing Cross, and from the Strand by means of several small streets.
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Hmm. It doesn't seem to match the view either from Westminster Bridge, or that from Waterloo Bridge. The latter gives quite a good alignment with St. Paul's but it seems too distant. Also, Somerset House should be on the left and it isn't. Also, the bridge in the distance at right doesn't look like Blackfriars, which predates 1894.
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See here.