The Aldgate Pump 1880 F.C. Lewis Section 10 of the original

Section 10 of the original Descriptive map of London Poverty

from the north

Illustration from Ackermann's 'The Microcosm of London'

At this time the Thames was still a working river and in the foreground barges and workers on the shore are detailed before the sun-lit towers of Parliament

the 'Ladies Bridge' was opened to pedestrians and two lanes of traffic

The Aldgate Pump 1880 F.C. Lewis Section 10 of the originalThe Aldgate Pump, 1880. A pump was originally installed here in the 16th century. The present one dates from the late 18th century but has been modified several times since. It officially marks the boundary between the City of London and the East End