Key Words :- tube station

Address :- Westminster Bridge Road, London, Greater London, SE1
Grid Ref :- TQ 3115 7946
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.498873 , Long -0.111995
Local Authority :- Lambeth London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Surrey
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Condition :- Operational site, in use for original purpose
Site Dates :- 1906 -

Description and History of Site:-
Originally called Kennington Rd. 1906, for Baker St & Waterloo Railway. Leslie Green's standard design with steel frame and glazed brick allowing additional development above (as at Elephant & Castle).

Note plaque in Entrance Hall, Westminster Bridge Road for site of Maudslay Son & Field's works which was close by:

'ON THIS SITE BETWEEN 1810 AND 1900 STOOD THE WORKS OF MAUDSLAY, SONS AND FIELD FAMOUS FOR MARINE AND GENERAL ENGINEERING AND AS THE TRAINING PLACE OF MANY ENGINEERS OF RENOWN.
THE JUNIOR INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS (Incorporated) FOUNDED IN THE MAUDSLAY WORKS, ERECTED THIS TABLET IN ITS JUBILEE YEAR, 1934.'

Further Reading and References:-
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