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1. The first women in the fitters' shop at Tate & Sons.
*The first women in the fitters' shop at Tate & Sons. The first women to work in the fitters' shop at the Tate & Sons sugar refinery in Woolwich. During World War I, when millions of men were called...
2. The foundry at the Thames Ironworks.
*The foundry at the Thames Ironworks. The workshops, foundries and rolling mills at the ironworks were noisy, hot and dangerous places. A journalist from the 'Illustrated London News'...
3. The General Offices of the Thames Ironworks at Orchard Yard.
*The General Offices of the Thames Ironworks at Orchard Yard. By the late 1860s the Thames Ironworks retained only a five-acre area on the Middlesex side of Bow Creek (River Lea). Most of its operations were...
4. The paint shop at Hamlett's Cotsold Works.
*The paint shop at Hamlett's Cotsold Works. Workers in the paint shop at Hamlett's Builders Cotsold Works at 264 Barking Road, Canning Town.
5. The entrance to the East Greenwich Gasworks.
*The entrance to the East Greenwich Gasworks. The East Greenwich Gasworks were built during the 1880s to meet the growing energy needs of south London. Coal from the north of England was brought...
6. Strike of the National Union of Dock Labourers.
*Strike of the National Union of Dock Labourers. Hundreds of workers in cloth caps during the 1911 Transport Workers Strike. Riots in Liverpool and strikes across the country caused chaos as goods...
7. Road and pavement construction in Canning Town.
*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...
8. Storm floods at Tate & Lyle, 1948.
*Storm floods at Tate & Lyle, 1948. The 1940s were a difficult time for Tate & Lyle. The company's London refineries were situated in one of the most heavily bombed areas of the...
9. Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society.
*Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society. The Co-op hairdressers - the first shop at the junction of Falmouth and Maryland Roads, Stratford.
10. The railway marshalling yard in Silvertown during the Blitz.
*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...
 
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