Talk:Joseph Bazalgette/Archive 1

Archive 1

Pumping station on the Thames Embankment

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The scheme involved major pumping stations at Deptford (1864) and at Crossness (1865) on the Erith marshes, both on the south side of the Thames, and at Abbey Mills (in the River Lea valley, 1868) and on the Thames Embankment (1875), north of the river.

Can somebody tell me where the pumping station on the Thames Embankment is, or was. Currently the article Thames Embankment has no reference to such a pumping station, and it probably should have. -- Chris j wood 16:31, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think this was slightly misleading. The Western pumping station is on the Chelsea Embankment (I used to pass it regularly when commuting by rail into Victoria), not the Victoria Embankment (to which the Thames Embankment article used to redirect readers). I have amended the Joseph Bazalgette article accordingly, created Chelsea Embankment, removed the redirect from Thames Embankment to Victoria Embankment, and started a new Thames Embankment article making it clear that the edifice runs from Chelsea right along the north side of the Thames to Blackfriars. Paul W 00:07, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Edward Bazalgette

Doing some research in The Times, I came across an advert put there 12 September 1921,by Edward Bazalgette, of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway Company. Would he be related to Sir Joseph? Jackiespeel 19:20, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Answer: Sir Joseph had a son Edward (also a civil engineer) who also had a son Edward (Teddy) (ALSO a civil engineer!) who worked on the construction of the Mahratta Railway Athbaz (talk) 23:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Charles Driver

Hi first time editing/commenting and not sure how it works, but I would say fair credit should be given on this page (and maybe another page should be set up) to my great great great grandfather, Charles H Driver. It was in fact he and not Bazalgette who was responsible for the stunning ironwork architecture of both Abbey Mills and Crossness, as well as most of the southbank, and many railway stations and other buildings across the UK and worldwide.

Despite being a prolific architect, specialising in rail and iron, he has received little credit for his efforts.

How do I go about adding references to him?

cheers Pirran Driver

First, add a reference to, say, the Bazalgette article, then write the main article on Charles Driver (with appropriate references to your sources, etc), then link as appropriate from the articles on Abbey Mills, Crossness and other relevant projects, etc. I look forward to reading about him. Paul W 20:56, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Did he have a brother George?

Just looking at his dates, and his father's occupation as RN, could this be the brother of George Bazalgette, RM, who commanded the Royal Marines Light Infantry in the Colony of British Columbia. See notes on Talk:Bazalgette.Skookum1 (talk) 19:21, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Answer: Sir Joseph's father Capt Joseph RN had a younger brother John (q.v. on Wikipedia). George was one of John's sons. Therefore Joseph senior was George's uncle and Joseph junior his cousin. Athbaz (talk) 23:39, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Huguenot

The text mentions that Joseph's grandfather was a 'French Huguenot immigrant'. This is not strictly true. Huguenots left France because of persecution following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Joseph's grandfather, although a Cevenol and therefore a protestant, did not leave France because of persecution. Athbaz (talk) 23:40, 12 February 2009 (UTC)