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21. Beckton gasometer.
*Beckton gasometer. Sheet iron gasholders, or gasometers, were used to store the gas that was produced by heating coal at Beckton. The gas was then driven by the weight...
22. Beckton Gas Works in 1902.
*Beckton Gas Works in 1902. A photograph of Beckton Gas Works in 1902, showing the gasometer and chimneys.
23. Back view of firemen's dwellings on Fort Street after the Silvertown explosion.
*Back view of firemen's dwellings on Fort Street after the Silvertown explosion. The firemen's homes on Fort Street that were partially destroyed in the Silvertown Explosion of January 1917. More than 900 homes in the surrounding...
24. A worker inside Greenwich Power Station.
*A worker inside Greenwich Power Station. A lone power station worker stands at the control panel of the generating equipment at Greenwich. It was built in two phases between 1902 and 1910,...
25. Aerial view of Beckton Gas Works.
*Aerial view of Beckton Gas Works. An aerial view of the Gas, Light and Coke Company's Beckton Gas Works. When it opened in 1870, it was the largest gasworks in Europe. The two huge...
26. Bow Brewery, Bromley High Street.
*Bow Brewery, Bromley High Street. The Bow Brewery in Bromley High Street, near to Bow Bridge. This had been rebuilt in 1821, and was later demolished in 1933.
27. Bugsby's Reach from Cory's, Charlton.
*Bugsby's Reach from Cory's, Charlton. Taken from Cory's Barge Works looking towards Bugsby's Reach. In 1896, William Cory and Son Ltd began transporting coal into London using the...
28. Greenwich Power Station.
*Greenwich Power Station. Looking south east across the River Thames to Greenwich Power Station from Luralda Wharf on the Isle of Dogs. The station was built in two phases...
29. Greenwich Power Station.
*Greenwich Power Station. The London County Council's electricity generating station at Greenwich was built to provide power for London's trams. In this image, taken during...
30. Hay's Wharf.
*Hay's Wharf. Hay's Wharf in its heyday around 1960. By that time the Hay's Group controlled almost all the wharves on the south bank between Tower Bridge and...
 
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