Metropolitan Board of Works

E700668

local government authority metropolitan government body

The Metropolitan Board of Works was a 19th-century administrative body responsible for major public works and infrastructure in London, including sewers, streets, and bridges, during the Victorian era.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Board of Works	1
Metropolitan Board of Works area	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	local government authority ⓘ metropolitan government body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	London NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolis of London NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson	James Hogg NERFINISHED ⓘ John Thwaites NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefEngineer	Joseph Bazalgette NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1889 ⓘ
foundedByActOfParliament	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governanceStructure	indirectly elected by vestries and district boards ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	construction of new Thames bridges ⓘ metropolitan building regulations (limited) ⓘ metropolitan main drainage system ⓘ widening and improvement of major thoroughfares ⓘ
hasMainResponsibility	bridges over the River Thames in London ⓘ embankments of the River Thames ⓘ main drainage of London ⓘ major streets in London ⓘ metropolitan improvements and public works ⓘ metropolitan sewers in London ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Spring Gardens, Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1855 ⓘ
legalBasis	Metropolis Management Act 1855 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMembers	45 ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	replacement by an elected county council for London ⓘ
replaced	Metropolitan Buildings Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Commission of Sewers NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	London County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ an elected metropolitan-wide authority (London County Council) ⓘ
significantEvent	creation in response to inadequate metropolitan infrastructure ⓘ major expansion of London sewerage after the Great Stink of 1858 ⓘ
significantProject	Albert Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ Chelsea Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ Holborn Viaduct NERFINISHED ⓘ London sewerage system designed by Joseph Bazalgette ⓘ Thames Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ Victoria Embankment NERFINISHED ⓘ construction of main intercepting sewers ⓘ construction of pumping stations at Abbey Mills and Crossness ⓘ construction of the new Blackfriars Bridge ⓘ construction of the new Westminster Bridge ⓘ creation of Northumberland Avenue ⓘ improvements around Charing Cross ⓘ widening of Fleet Street ⓘ widening of the Strand ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victoria Embankment → builtBy → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

Albert Embankment → constructedBy → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

Joseph Bazalgette → employer → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

Victorian London → governedBy → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

County of London → precededBy → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Metropolitan Board of Works area

London County Council → precededBy → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

Office of Public Works → precededBy → Metropolitan Board of Works ⓘ

this entity surface form: Board of Works