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1. The Union-Castle Line offices in Fenchurch Street.
*The Union-Castle Line offices in Fenchurch Street. The South African Mail Service office of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company in Fenchurch Street in the City. The company was formed in 1900...
2. Unloading frozen meat from the Clan MacDougall in 1877.
*Unloading frozen meat from the Clan MacDougall in 1877. Population growth and increased economic prosperity in Victorian Britain meant unprecedented demand for imported meat. With the development of...
3. The figurehead of HMS Wellington at Baltic Wharf.
*The figurehead of HMS Wellington at Baltic Wharf. The figurehead of HMS 'Wellington' at the H. Castle and Sons Ltd. ship breaking yard, Baltic Wharf, Millbank. The 131-gun HMS 'Wellington', a screw...
4. The Custom House, 1886.
*The Custom House, 1886. The Custom House in the City of London, in a photograph from 1886. The picture was taken from one of the wharves on the south bank of the Thames, and...
5. Opening of the oyster market at Billingsgate.
*Opening of the oyster market at Billingsgate. An 'Illustrated London News' engraving from August 1843, depicting the opening of the oyster market at Billingsgate. A fish market had existed here...
6. Billingsgate Fish Market.
*Billingsgate Fish Market. For many centuries Billingsgate wharf was the main mooring for fishing vessels, and a fish market soon developed here. As well as fish, corn, salt...
 
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