19th-century London a network of smaller tunnels away from the River Thames and out of Central London, towards the Northern Outfall Sewer at Beckton in East London. The Victoria Embankment also allowed an extension of the Metropolitan District Line underground to be built, from Westminster east to Blackfriars. In total, the Victoria Embankment reclaimed over 37 acres of land from the Thames, allowing a broad east-west boulevard to be built and a series of public gardens. All three sections of the Thames Embankment are faced in grey granite, mounted with handsome cast iron lamps, and lined with London plane trees. In 1878,
Grand Panorama of London from the Thames further east to the Isle of Dogs and covered the south bank of the Thames to the Royal Victualling Office at Deptford. This version made small changes to Hungerford Bridge which had been completed in 1845. Grand Panorama of London from the Thames The Grand Panorama of London from the Thames is an 1844 woodcut engraving depicting the north bank of the Thames river in London (then the world's largest city) running from Western Stone Wharf by the unfinished Houses of Parliament (the tower to house Big Ben is not yet constructed) to the Belfast, Cork, Leith and Glasgow Steam