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1. 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...
2. The window into the port
*The window into the port
3. 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...
4. 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...
5. 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...
6. 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...
7. The filling in of the London Docks.
*The filling in of the London Docks. The London Docks were the first to be closed in 1969, before for the plans for redeveloping 'Docklands' had taken shape. The site was neglected until...
8. 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...
9. Abandoned cranes at the King George V Dock.
*Abandoned cranes at the King George V Dock. Abandoned cranes at the King George V Dock in October 1981. After decades of prosperity, London had been superseded by container ports such as...
10. A Woolwich Ferry boat alongside the North Woolwich approach, c. 1960.
*A Woolwich Ferry boat alongside the North Woolwich approach, c. 1960. One of the second batch of paddle steamers that operated the ferry between 1922 and 1963. In the latter year, these were replaced by the diesel boats...
 
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