The Architect · George · London
Walthamstow Wetlands
I came here as an architecture student to photograph the Victorian engineering. The scale of the brick reservoir walls, the cast-iron valve houses, the filter bed geometry — this is
Europe's largest urban wetland reserve, built around Victorian water infrastructure. The brick engine houses and filter beds are as architectural as any building in London.
— George, The Architect
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