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11. Dutch eel boats off Billingsgate.
*Dutch eel boats off Billingsgate. Dutch fishermen had continued to supply the City of London during the Great Fire of 1666. As a reward, they were granted a monopoly on selling eels...
12. Donald Ross, Fourth Engineer of the Good Hope Castle.
*Donald Ross, Fourth Engineer of the Good Hope Castle. Donald Ross, Fourth Engineer of the 'Good Hope Castle'. Photographer Terence McNally of Cape Town, South Africa, took this image soon after the ship...
13. Charlie Brown's World Treasures.
*Charlie Brown's World Treasures. Some of Charlie Brown's world treasures, which were kept in a museum of curiosities, and was added to by sailors. This was a popular haunt of sailors...
14. On board a lighter.
*On board a lighter. A lighter was a unpowered shallow boat used for transferring cargo from a large boat to another craft or the bank. The port of London depended on the...
15. One of the Woolwich Ferry paddle steamers, c. 1906-09.
*One of the Woolwich Ferry paddle steamers, c. 1906-09. One of the first batch of paddle steamers used by the Woolwich Free Ferry. Although Woolwich has had a ferry since Medieval times, the Free Ferry...
16. The Godspeed at Greenwich.
*The Godspeed at Greenwich. On 30 April 1985 a replica of the 'Godspeed' departed London to begin her journey across the Atlantic in commemoration of the original voyage some...
17. Some of Charlie Brown's World Treasures.
*Some of Charlie Brown's World Treasures. Some of Charlie Brown's World Treasures. Charlie Brown was the legendary landlord of the Railway Tavern, at 116 West India Dock Road. His 'treasures'...
18. River Emergency Service on the River Thames.
*River Emergency Service on the River Thames. View across the River Thames with the River Emergency Services.
19. Cargo arranged in the hold of the Coromandel (1949).
*Cargo arranged in the hold of the Coromandel (1949). Stevedores loading railway bogies into the hold of the P&O cargo vessel 'Coromandel' (1949) at the King George V Dock. Cargo loading was a highly...
 
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