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31. 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...
32. The window into the port
*The window into the port
33. 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...
34. Torpedo boat no 80, built at the Yarrow Yard.
*Torpedo boat no 80, built at the Yarrow Yard. Torpedo boat no 80, built by Yarrow in March 1887. One of many small vessels built at the Yarrow Yard in Cubitt Town. She was one of the new class of...
35. The Baron Osy in the Pool of London.
*The Baron Osy in the Pool of London. The SS 'Baron Osy' of Antwerp in the Pool of London, c. 1884, with two lighters nearby.
36. The Yarrow and Hedley Shipbuilding Works.
*The Yarrow and Hedley Shipbuilding Works. The Yarrow and Hedley Shipbuilding Works in Cubitt Town was a partnership that lasted until 1875, after which Yarrow remained on the site until he...
37. The paddle wheels during the building of the Great Eastern.
*The paddle wheels during the building of the Great Eastern. With a diameter of 17 metres (56 feet), the paddle wheels of the 'Great Eastern' were the largest marine paddles ever built. Her propulsion machinery...
38. The P&O premises at the Royal Albert Dock, 1883.
*The P&O premises at the Royal Albert Dock, 1883. The premises of the Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company at the Royal Albert Dock in 1883, three years after the dock had opened. This was a...
39. 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...
40. 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...
 
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