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Maritime London - Discover the past, explore the present

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Explore the history of maritime London from Roman settlements to today's Docklands. Find out about the individuals and events that have contributed to its wealth and importance, and discover the communities who have made this great port city their home.

Port Highlights

[Bypass: Port Highlights ]Ports and disease

Ports as gateways for disease

Many hands: Trades of the Port of London, 1850-1980

Find out what it was like to work in the Port of London

London and the pirates

Separate fact from fiction and find out what pirates were really like

Labour unrest in the port after 1889

Industrial relations in the Port of London were strained throughout the 20th century

Fighting back: the port, the Thames and the liberation of Europe

How the Thames contributed to the defeat of Nazi Germany

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