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1. The big freeze of February 1895: below Blackwall.
*The big freeze of February 1895: below Blackwall. In February 1895 a prolonged cold spell created huge ice floes on the Thames. The lighters and barges on which the port depended were immobilized...
2. The big freeze of February 1895: below Limehouse.
*The big freeze of February 1895: below Limehouse. In February 1895, a severe cold spell created huge ice floes on the Thames. Although the river did not freeze over, the ice played havoc with the...
3. The big freeze of February 1895: off Blackwall.
*The big freeze of February 1895: off Blackwall. In February 1895, a severe cold spell created huge ice floes on the Thames. Although the river did not freeze over, the ice played havoc with the...
4. The big freeze in Greenwich Reach.
*The big freeze in Greenwich Reach. In February 1895, a severe cold spell created huge ice floes on the Thames. Although the river did not freeze over, the ice played havoc with the...
5. The big freeze at Anchor and Hope Wharf, Charlton.
*The big freeze at Anchor and Hope Wharf, Charlton. The winter of 1894-95 was especially severe and parts of the Thames were frozen for weeks. In this photograph, ice blocks the Anchor and Hope Wharf...
6. The barque Lincolnshire (1858).
*The barque Lincolnshire (1858). The three-masted sheathed wooden barque 'Lincolnshire' (1858, 1024 GRT), built at the Money Wigram & Sons yard in Blackwall.
7. The barque Viking (1907) at the entrance to the Royal Docks.
*The barque Viking (1907) at the entrance to the Royal Docks. The Finnish four-masted steel barque ‘Viking’ (1907) manoeuvring with the aid of tugs at the entrance to the Royal Docks, c. 1933. The...
8. The big freeze of February 1895: off Charlton.
*The big freeze of February 1895: off Charlton. In February 1895, a severe cold spell created huge ice floes on the Thames. Although the river did not freeze over, the ice played havoc with the...
9. The big freeze of February 1895: off Charlton.
*The big freeze of February 1895: off Charlton. In February 1895, a severe cold spell created huge ice floes on the Thames. Although the river did not freeze over, the ice played havoc with the...
10. The building of the Great Eastern: stern view.
*The building of the Great Eastern: stern view. The imposing stern of the 'Great Eastern'. This was one of Robert Howlett's series documenting the construction of Brunel's ship, the largest vessel...
 
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