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1. Shipbreaking opposite Wapping.
*Shipbreaking opposite Wapping. Shipbreaking, which was once an important business in London, is the process of dismantling an obsolete vessel’s structure for scrapping or...
2. The Duchess of Atholl.
*The Duchess of Atholl. The 'Duchess of Atholl' under construction at Blackwall with figures looking aroung the yard and shipping on the Thames.
3. Plans of HMS Nelson (1814)
*Plans of HMS Nelson (1814) The keel of the 'Nelson' was laid at Woolwich Dockyard on 14 November 1809. She was launched at Woolwich in July 1814. The launching was a gala...
4. Iron Steamer for the Ganges. Designed and Constructed by Messrs H.O. and A. Robinson Mill Wall Iron Works, London, 1845.
*Iron Steamer for the Ganges. Designed and Constructed by Messrs H.O. and A. Robinson Mill Wall Iron Works, London, 1845. By the middle of the 19th century, Britain was regarded as 'the workshop of the world' and exported ships, locomotives and machinery to many...
5. Coiling the cable in the large tanks at the works in Greenwich.
*Coiling the cable in the large tanks at the works in Greenwich. The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co., under the chairmanship of John Pender, manufactured the 1865 cable at Greenwich. After it had been...
6. The Earl of Hardwicke (1838).
*The Earl of Hardwicke (1838). Built in 1838 at Green's yard in Blackwall, the East Indiaman 'Earl of Hardwicke' initially had paddle wheels. These were later removed when it was...
7. The cable passed from the works into the hulk lying in the Thames at Greenwich.
*The cable passed from the works into the hulk lying in the Thames at Greenwich. The completed transatlantic cable being transferred from the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company's works at Enderby's Wharf, Greenwich to...
8. The window into the port
*The window into the port
9. The reels of Gutta Percha covered conducting wire coveyed into tanks at the works at Greenwich.
*The reels of Gutta Percha covered conducting wire coveyed into tanks at the works at Greenwich. From the mid-19th century onwards there have been factories producing submarine cables and associated products in Greenwich and Woolwich. Until well...
10. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ships, Indus and Ripon.
*The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ships, Indus and Ripon. The P&O's iron paddle steamers 'Ripon' (1846, 1509 GRT) and 'Indus' (1847, 1386 GRT) were built at Money Wigram's Blackwall Yard. They both operated...
 
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