Streets of London – Blackfriars Bridge circa 1815

Blackfriars Bridge, London circa 1815
from The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics

“This beautiful structure, the most modern of the three bridges which connect the two banks of the Thames at the British metropolis, was erected to the honour of the great William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, whose name and titles are perpetuated in the adjacent places and streets, though the original appellation of Pitt’s Bridge has been superseded by one derived from local situation. […] This majestic fabric was completed as it at present appears in 1769. It is of Portland stone, consisting of nine elliptical arches, which leave large apertures for navigation, while the bridge itself is low. Its length from wharf to wharf is 995 feet, and breadth 42, with a raised footway 7 feet wide on each side. The width of the central arch is 100 feet, and those on either side of it are 98, 93, 83 and 70 respectively.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1815.