Downstream

‘was skated upon, in the first
instance, by two ladies’. It
still continued as a bath,
however, and was chosen as
the site for aquatic displays.
On 31 July 1879 one T.
Ingram dived 65 feet into the
water, which appears to have
been a London ‘plunging’
record at the time.
In 1885 the South Eastern
Railway Company apparently
wanted to demolish the
Charing Cross floating