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London's docks and shipping |
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The rise and decline of Henry VIII's Dockyards | |
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The forgotten part of the port |
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Ferries in Greenwich and Woolwich | |
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Shipping in the port of London at the time of the 1901 census |
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Britain's first iron-hulled warship | |
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The ship of the future? |
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Click on the labels to find out more about London's Docks | |
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See how the docks were originally constructed |
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Ogle's proposal demonstrates the range of countries trading with 18th-century London. This plan was not used - the enclosed docks were built instead. | |
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A giant steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel | |
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The last surviving British tea clipper docked at Greenwich |
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The first modern warship with an ironclad iron hull | |
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The East India Company was the driving force behind the formation of the East India Dock Company in 1803 |
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King George V Dock was built to enhance and extend the trade that was passing though the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks | |
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When the Royal Albert Dock opened to shipping in 1880, it was considered to be the finest dock system in the world |
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London's first steamship dock | |
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St Katharine Docks was one of the smallest and most centrally located dock systems in London |
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London's tobacco docks | |
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Located on the Isle of Dogs, Millwall Docks were best known for the grain trade |
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The Port of London's link to the Midlands | |
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The only docks in South London |
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London's container port | |
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London's first enclosed docks |
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A trading wharf in the pool of London from: 1794 - 1972 | |
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London's larder |
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Ships built for speed | |
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The great and the good | |
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Contrasting photographs of the docks during the heyday of the working port with images of today's redeveloped Docklands |
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A dock-building programme is undertaken to further improve the port of London. | |
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Visit a series of galleries |
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Galleries of what has survived from the port of London | |
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A.R. Grierson photographed hundreds of ships during the heyday of the inner London docks in the early 1960s |
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Gustaf Adolf Mauritz Erikson (1872-1947) was an unusual shipowner in many ways | |
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The GSNC was founded in 1824, and became London's foremost short-sea shipping line for 150 years |
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Images of Deptford Dockyard | |
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Images of Woolwich Dockyard |
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Port Fact
What does 'wharf' stand for?
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