A current street map of London shows this location, first in a larger map of the area (see to the left), and then in an enlarged map of the area by the Royal Festival Hall (see below).

Several recent photographs provide another perspective. The first of two photos taken several years ago is looking from the Hungerford Bridge down river towards the Waterloo Bridge, with the likely intake site at the end of the arrow next to the Festival Hall. 

The second photo, also taken several years ago,  is looking  from the Waterloo Bridge towards the Hungerford Bridge, with the probable intake site again at end of the arrow just west of the Royal Festival Hall. 

The last photo was taken from the Waterloo Bridge more recently, as seen by the new observation wheel in the background.  The tide is low, making it easier to see the historical location of the famed intake site. 

In the mid-nineteenth century after the water entered the iron pipes near the base of Hungerford Bridge, it flowed to two reservoirs, miles south of the river.  At first there was storage but no filtration.  In later years, however, the water was rested and filtered, but not in a consistent manner until after the cholera epidemic of 1854. To find the two reservoirs used by the Lambeth Waterworks Company and the new site after 1852 of higher quality water intake, return to the map of water companies and click on the specific sites.

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 Sources:

Halliday S. The Great Stink of London, 1999.
Old Ordnance Survey Maps - Waterloo & Southwark, 1872.
Weinreb B, Hibbert C. The London Encyclopaedia, 1993.

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