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1641. Pennant of Chairman of the Port of London Authority.
*Pennant of Chairman of the Port of London Authority. Pennant of the Chairman of the Port of London Authority with a rope and two Inglefield clips attached. The Port of London Authority was established...
1642. Passing beneath Plough Way Bridge in 1970.
*Passing beneath Plough Way Bridge in 1970. Passing under the Plough Way Bridge, part of a trip on the Grand Surrey Canal in 1970, when the canal and the adjacent Surrey Docks were closing. The...
1643. Passengers waiting to board the Rajula.
*Passengers waiting to board the Rajula. Passengers waiting to board the 'Rajula' with their luggage, presumably at Madras. The British India Steam Navigation Company's 'Rajula' (1926, 8478...
1644. Pilot hoist on a Union-Castle vessel.
*Pilot hoist on a Union-Castle vessel. A Trinity House pilot is hoisted onto a Union-Castle vessel. The Union-Castle was a popular line with British tourists and emigrants going to South...
1645. Plaistow Wharf in 1984.
*Plaistow Wharf in 1984. Plaistow Wharf was originally used to store petrol. Later it was the company wharf for Abram Lyle's sugar refinery, which produced Golden Syrup.
1646. Port of London Authority dock extension at Tilbury.
*Port of London Authority dock extension at Tilbury. An aerial view of the PLA's £30 dock extension at Tilbury in the 1960s. Thirteen new berths were built, six of which were for container traffic...
1647. Poplar Docks.
*Poplar Docks. The Poplar Docks were established in 1852 and extended in 1875. They were situated between the East and West Indian Docks on the Isle of Dogs. When...
1648. Plough Way Bridge from the Grand Surrey Canal.
*Plough Way Bridge from the Grand Surrey Canal. A desolate scene of the Grand Surrey Canal in June 1970, when most of the canal and the adjacent Surrey Commercial Docks had closed. Here, the Plough...
1649. Plaistow Wharf.
*Plaistow Wharf. The London Wharfing and Warehousing Company used Plaistow Wharf for storing petrol and other goods. Many wharves and docks developed a specialism in...
1650. Barges on a river with bridge in the background, by WL Wyllie.
*Barges on a river with bridge in the background, by WL Wyllie. Up until the early 1950s London was the greatest port in the world. At that time it had seven dock systems covering a water area of about 720 acres,...
 
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