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11. The entrance to the Free Trade Wharf, c. 1934.
*The entrance to the Free Trade Wharf, c. 1934. The imposing entrance to the Free Trade Wharf, built in 1871 and one of the busiest on the River Thames. The offices of the Free Trade Wharf Company...
12. The SS Wandle passing under Tower Bridge.
*The SS Wandle passing under Tower Bridge. The SS 'Wandle' passing under Tower Bridge on her maiden voyage on 30 October 1932. She carried coal - up to 2,220 tons - for the Wandsworth and...
13. The SS Wandle passing Blackfriars Bridge.
*The SS Wandle passing Blackfriars Bridge. The SS 'Wandle' passing Blackfriars Bridge on her maiden voyage on 30 October 1932. She carried coal - up to 2,220 tons - for the Wandsworth and...
14. The Norway Dock in 1970.
*The Norway Dock in 1970. The Norway Dock, part of the Surrey Commercial Docks, in August 1970. The Norway Dock was one of the first to be filled in after the closure of the...
15. The Empire Windrush.
*The Empire Windrush. The 'Empire Windrush' in 1948. In June of that year, she brought 492 Jamaican immigrants to Tilbury. They were the first of the many Caribbean...
16. Union-Castle liners in the East India Docks.
*Union-Castle liners in the East India Docks. Union-Castle liners in the East India Docks in 1902, two years after the company was formed from the merger of the Union Steamship Company and the...
17. Workers in the tyre store at Worland's Wharf.
*Workers in the tyre store at Worland's Wharf. Workers piling up tyres in a warehouse at Worland's Wharf. London's docks and wharves handled goods of every size and description. Special warehouses...
18. Worland's Wharf.
*Worland's Wharf. This photograph of Worland's Wharf, Bow Creek shows a variety of activitiy taking place, with the cranes and carts. Small wharves handled a...
19. The Woolwich Ferry boat John Burns (1963).
*The Woolwich Ferry boat John Burns (1963). The 'John Burns' (1963), one of the three diesel boats used by the Woolwich Ferry since 1963. Before then, the Woolwich Free Ferry had used paddle...
20. The window into the port
*The window into the port
 
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