The Thames Embankment Act 1863
WHEREAS by The Thames Embankment Act, 1862, herein-after called the Embankment Act of 1862, the Metropolitan Board of Works, herein-after called the Board, were authorized to make (among other things) an Embankment on the Left Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to the Eastern Boundary of the Inner Temple, with a public Roadway thereon: And whereas by The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act, 1861, a Fund, called the Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improvement Fund, was establ...