View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Product:Postcard Warwick Lane

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The Royal Hospital with formal gardens and walkways leading down to the River Thames where boats pass up and down

Beyond is open country and on the horizon Holland House

while of those to the right only the burnt out walls remain

In the lower margin is a key

View of New River Head, Finsbury, London Product:Postcard Warwick LaneView of New River Head, Finsbury, London, 1730. Completed in 1713, this was a massive engineering project to improve London's water supply by collecting clean water from 40 miles away and bringing it to large cisterns at Finsbury. From there it was delivered to the city in pipes made from hollowed elm trunks.