Leonard Bentley
Victoria Embankment
This is a postcard published by W. Straker Ltd of Ludgate Hill circa 1932. It shows the view looking upstream from the Victoria Embankment approximately halfway between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. The temporary emergency bridge alongside Waterloo Bridge can be seen which was in situ from 1925 until 1943. Behind the bridges is a very new Shell-Mex House, built on the footprint of the Cecil Hotel in 1930-31. Just downstream of the temporary bridge is the floating police station on Waterloo Pier, the pier for pleasure boats is on the upstream side of Waterloo Bridge.
Victoria Embankment
This is a postcard published by W. Straker Ltd of Ludgate Hill circa 1932. It shows the view looking upstream from the Victoria Embankment approximately halfway between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge. The temporary emergency bridge alongside Waterloo Bridge can be seen which was in situ from 1925 until 1943. Behind the bridges is a very new Shell-Mex House, built on the footprint of the Cecil Hotel in 1930-31. Just downstream of the temporary bridge is the floating police station on Waterloo Pier, the pier for pleasure boats is on the upstream side of Waterloo Bridge.