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1. The Tate & Lyle works in 1967.
	The Tate & Lyle sugar refinery at Silvertown, seen from across the river in 1967.

2. The window into the port

3. *The Woolwich Ferry boat John Burns* (1963).**
	The 'John Burns' (1963), one of the three diesel boats used by the Woolwich Ferry since 1963. Before then, the Woolwich Free Ferry had used paddle...

4. The railway marshalling yard in Silvertown during the Blitz.
	Marshalling yards were a primary target for the German bombers. By damaging London's railway facilities the enemy hoped to paralyse the commercial...

5. Road and pavement construction in Canning Town.
	Workers from Hamlett's Builders engaged in road and pavement construction at Hatherley Gardens. Until the Second World War, Canning Town had a great...

6. Excavating a tube railway.
	At work in the shield during the excavation of the Great Northern and City Railways, now known as the Northern Line. This was the first of London's...

7. London Bridge (from the City).
	Looking south to London Bridge at the beginning of the 20th century. The bridge was an important route for horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic, and...

8. Back view of firemen's dwellings on Fort Street after the Silvertown explosion.
	The firemen's homes on Fort Street that were partially destroyed in the Silvertown Explosion of January 1917. More than 900 homes in the surrounding...


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