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1. 'Civil war' on the Thames between the watermen and City authorities.
	The conflict was between the Watermen's Steam Packet Company and the City of London authorities. It arose over a dispute over the use of the...

2. Crowley's Wharf in Greenwich.
	This is a rare view of Crowley's Wharf and warehouse, looking west towards Greenwich Hospital from what is now Anchor Iron Wharf. Figures on the...

3. The window into the port

4. To the King's most excellent Majesty, this view of the river & shipping at Limehouse.
	An interesting view of Limehouse in 1793, before the opening of the first enclosed docks. The artist has perhaps exaggerated the rural nature of...

5. Arrival at Brandenburgh House of the Watermen &c. with an address to the Queen on the 3rd December 1820.
	The Watermen on the River Thames were responsible for the movement of goods and passengers. The Company of Watermen and Lightermen had been...

6. Thames warehouses, 1859, by James Whistler.
	One of Whistler's 'Series of Sixteen Etchings on the Thames', showing the Hermitage Coal Wharf and other wharves in Wapping. This is a busy scene...

7. Customs Wharf April 18, 1880, by Hawes Turner.
	A view of Customs Wharf in 1880. It was called this because it occupied part of the site on which the first Customs House had stood in the 1380s.

8. London Docks, by Henry Moses.
	Several sailing vessels in the London Docks, one of the plates in Henry Moses' 'Sketches of shipping' series.

9. Shipping in London Docks, by Henry Moses.
	Vessels in the London Docks, one of the etchings in Henry Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping' series. The London Docks opened in Wapping in 1805, and for...

10. Billingsgate, 1859, by James Whistler.
	For many centuries Billingsgate was the main wharf for the mooring of fishing vessels and landing their cargoes. Corn, malt, salt and fish were...


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