Beer cisterns CG constructed by Christopher Wren (1632-1723)

constructed by Christopher Wren (1632-1723) and Robert Hooke (1635-1703) and completed in 1677

30th June 1963

c1800-c1850

a huge cannon

View showing figures including a detatchment of mounted soldiers and a milkmaid

Beer cisterns CG constructed by Christopher Wren (1632-1723)Design for the two beer cisterns for the Whitbread brewhouse in Chiswell Street, London. Transverse section and plan, 1: 48 scale. From Smeaton volume 4, fol. 54v. Samuel Whitbread commissioned Smeaton to design a watertight storage system to allow for porter beer to be housed directly in cisterns rather than in barrels. Whitbread also engaged Smeaton to build the Cardington Bridge, Bedfordshire. Original: ink on paper. 1782