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WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
Observations by Pehr Kalm in 1748
| TYPE: | Image |
| DATE: | June 1750 |
| ARTIST: | Thomas Bowles & Thomas Mellish |
| AUTHOR: | Pehr Kalm & Viveka Hansen |
| COLLECTION(S): | British Library, Maps. K.Top.21.44b (Public Domain). |
| ADDED: | 12/10/2020 |
| iFELLOW: | Viveka Hansen |
| JOURNALS ETC: | Linnaeus Apostles Global Science & Adventure, Volume 3, Book 1, Page 226 |
| CONTENT: | The Westminster bridge was completed in the same year as this engraving of the River Thames in 1750, an illustration which is an informative addition to Pehr Kalm’s written observations two years earlier. During his stay in London, Kalm did not only make frequent notes about the importance of the river and its busy boat traffic, but he also had the opportunity to view this impressive bridge under construction. His particular interest was the utility of the white stone, called Portland Stone, so frequently used in the city and its surroundings. The in-depth journal description of the useful stone for bridges etc on 25 April in 1748, was also concluded with a comparison to his home country: ‘…staircase steps; of this the imposing bridges of Westminster and London across the river Thames are constructed; all milestones like-wise; in short: they use it for everything for which one can use the stone of Gotland and Öland and the smooth steatite of Kinnekulle in Sweden.’ |
| GEO-LOCATION: | WGS84(51.49763, -0.13596) |
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