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In the bows of the
Great Eastern
August 22nd with the cable broken and lost, preparing to grapple.
The attempt to lay a telegraph cable across the Atlantic, which began off the west coast of Ireland in June 1865, ended in failure. After a number of...
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Lighters used for lifting the centres of the New London Bridge.
John Rennie's new London Bridge, built during 1824-31, used large stone blocks. Edward Cooke's sketch shows the lighters used to raise the blocks.
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North Woolwich Station.
This handsome Italianate building, completed in 1847, was built to serve the Eastern Counties Railway extension from Canning Town to North Woolwich...
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Mumford's Granary on Deptford Creek.
Mumford's Granary (1897) on Deptford Creek. This is the only surviving part of Mumford's Flour Mills, founded in 1790. The mills received the grain...
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A Suggestion! The
Leviathan
: what to do with her now you've got her off.
In November and December 1857, with the 'Great Eastern' stuck on her slipways, the failed launch became something of a running joke in London...
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