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1. The main deck of HMS Warrior.
*The main deck of HMS Warrior. The main deck of the 'Warrior' during her construction at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall. For the majority of the crew of the 'Warrior', the...
2. The launch of HMS Albion.
*The launch of HMS Albion. The 'Albion' was a first-class battleship of around 119m (390ft) in length and 23m (74ft) in width. She had a displacement of 13,150 tons when fitted...
3. The hydraulic steam lifeboat City of Glasgow, built by Green of Blackwall.
*The hydraulic steam lifeboat City of Glasgow, built by Green of Blackwall. The hydraulic steam lifeboat 'City of Glasgow', one of many small vessels built at the yards of Green of Blackwall. By 1893, when this ship was...
4. The match-makers of the East End.
*The match-makers of the East End. Matchmaking was one of several trades that made use of the port, the river or the canals. The principal match firm was that of Bryant & May in...
5. The paddle engines.
*The paddle engines. The engines that drove the paddle wheels of the 'Great Eastern' were on a huge scale. New furnaces and machinery had to be installed at Scott...
6. The Samuda Yard in Millwall, c. 1863.
*The Samuda Yard in Millwall, c. 1863. A copy of a photograph from 1863 showing the Samuda Yard in Millwall. Jacob and Joseph Samuda, the sons of a successful merchant and broker, set up...
7. The recovery of PLUTO: men standing on a huge cone of pipes.
*The recovery of PLUTO: men standing on a huge cone of pipes. The pipes forming PLUTO - the Pipeline Under The Ocean - were recovered after the Second World War to retrieve the valuable lead they contained. This...
8. The railway at Woolwich Arsenal.
*The railway at Woolwich Arsenal. A postcard showing the steam engine and railway at Woolwich Arsenal. In 1890, a standard gauge rail network was begun in the Arsenal to supplement...
9. The hull of the Canton, used as a graving dock in Limehouse.
*The hull of the Canton, used as a graving dock in Limehouse. The firm of Fletcher, Son and Fearnall was one of the oldest on the Thames, having been founded by a Mr Fletcher at Shadwell in the 18th century. The...
10. The courtyard of the Thames Refinery.
*The courtyard of the Thames Refinery. The courtyard of Henry Tate's Thames Refinery in Silvertown. In the background, workers are unloading barrels of sugar from a waggon.
 
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