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The new foreign baggage warehouse at St Katharine's Dock.

The new foreign baggage warehouse at St Katharine's Dock.
The new foreign baggage warehouse at St Katharine's Dock.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: H5190
Description: The St Katharine Dock was the nearest to the City of London and was able to take advantage of this fact. Several steamship companies ran services between this dock and towns in Britain and north-western Europe. In 1845 a foreign baggage warehouse opened here.
Creator: 'Illustrated London News'
Date: 25 October 1845
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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