| Description | 'Plan of proposed Embankment and Public Terrace on the North Side of the Thames Between Blackfriars and Westminster Bridge', by Thomas Page M Inst CE, FGS. Colour lithograph by Standidge & Co, London.
The plan is undated but shows the two masonry piers of Hungerford Suspension Bridge (without the dotted line of the final route), built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel between 1841-1845. Page has FGS after his name, elected 1843. |
| Administrative History | In 1842, in competition with other architects and civil engineers such as Charles Barry, Thomas Page's design for the embankment of the Thames from Westminster to Blackfriars was recommended for adoption by the commissioners for metropolis improvements. A Thames Embankment office was set up within the Office of Woods and Forests to consider the various schemes, with Page as consulting engineer. However a dispute between the Crown and the City of London corporation over rights to the bed and soil of the river led to the project being abandoned. |