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| Repro ID: H2681 |
| Description: Charles Mare (1815-98) and his colleague Thomas Ditchburn (1801-70) were among the pioneers of iron shipbuilding on the Thames. Ditchburn had previously worked as a shipwright at the Chatham Dockyard and had been manager of Fletcher and Fearnall's yard at Limehouse. Convinced that iron was the material of the future, he left Fletcher and Fearnall and went into business with Mare. Their first vessel was the 'Inkerman' (365 tons) built at Deptford for the Russian government. In 1838 they moved their yard to Bow Creek. |
| Creator: 'Illustrated London News' |
| Date: 1854 |
| Credit line: Newham Archives and Local Studies Library collection. | |
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