Cast iron columns and capitals, St. Katharine Dock, London. Philip Hardwick, architect. Project designer, Thomas Telford. 1828. The photograph at right shows quite clearly the combination of iron beams, columns, and yellow brick used in the construction of the warehouses in this tripartite artificial inner harbor protected from the dramatic rise and fall of the Thames by the lock Telford designed. The photograph at right shows the building’s line of arches and columns. [Click on these images for larger pictures.]
Additional views of the cast-iron capitals, each of which has eight vertical elements.
Photographs 2016 by George P. Landow. You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
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- The Lock connecting the River Thames to St. Katharine Dock
- Telford’s Retracting Footbridge over waterway joining separate based of the dock complex
- Thomas Telford (1757-1834)
- St Katharine Dock. illustrated by Gustave Doré)
- The Great Warehouse, St Katharine Dock. (illustrated by Gustave Doré)
- Telford’s Retracting Footbridge over waterway joining separate based of the dock complex
Last modified 31 August 2016