Editing Victoria Embankment (section)

=== Issues in construction ===
Construction of the Victoria Embankment proved to be difficult because of the grandness of it.  Parliament was assured that three years would be ample time to complete the project, which did not hold true.

In addition to not having a large enough labour force to complete the work on schedule, the project's architect and property appraiser were challenged in successfully securing rights to all the wharves and other property that were required for access and storage during the project's construction. They also ran into difficulty in acquiring contracts to maintain access to the steamboat landings at Westminster and Hungerford.

In addition, extra time and money were spent experimenting with a new type of [[cofferdam]], a structure used to keep water out of the construction site, which was crucial for building along the tidal Thames.<ref name="Porter"/>