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London's docks and shipping
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Deptford and Woolwich: London's Royal Dockyards

The rise and decline of Henry VIII's Dockyards
The riverside wharves

The forgotten part of the port
Linking the port - ferries

Ferries in Greenwich and Woolwich
The port in 1901

Shipping in the port of London at the time of the 1901 census
HMS Warrior: 'A black snake among rabbits'?

Britain's first iron-hulled warship
The 'Great Eastern' as a passenger liner

The ship of the future?
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London's Docks
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The West India Docks, 1800s
See how the docks were originally constructed

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The 'Great Eastern'
A giant steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

'Cutty Sark'
The last surviving British tea clipper docked at Greenwich

HMS 'Warrior'
The first modern warship with an ironclad iron hull

East India Docks
The East India Company was the driving force behind the formation of the East India Dock Company in 1803

King George V Dock
King George V Dock was built to enhance and extend the trade that was passing though the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks

Royal Albert Dock
When the Royal Albert Dock opened to shipping in 1880, it was considered to be the finest dock system in the world

Royal Victoria Dock
London's first steamship dock

St Katharine Docks
St Katharine Docks was one of the smallest and most centrally located dock systems in London

London Docks
London's tobacco docks

Millwall Docks
Located on the Isle of Dogs, Millwall Docks were best known for the grain trade

Regent's Canal Dock
The Port of London's link to the Midlands

Surrey Commercial Docks
The only docks in South London

Tilbury Dock
London's container port

West India Docks
London's first enclosed docks

Butler's Wharf
A trading wharf in the pool of London from: 1794 - 1972

Hay's Wharf
London's larder

Clippers
Ships built for speed Visit a gallery

Famous Thames ships
The great and the good

London's docks: past and present
Contrasting photographs of the docks during the heyday of the working port with images of today's redeveloped Docklands

Building the docks
A dock-building programme is undertaken to further improve the port of London. Visit a series of galleries

What's left of the old port
Galleries of what has survived from the port of London

The Indian summer of the inner London docks: the Grierson Collection
A.R. Grierson photographed hundreds of ships during the heyday of the inner London docks in the early 1960s

Gustaf Erikson and his ships
Gustaf Adolf Mauritz Erikson (1872-1947) was an unusual shipowner in many ways

The General Steam Navigation Company
The GSNC was founded in 1824, and became London's foremost short-sea shipping line for 150 years

Deptford Royal Dockyard collection
Images of Deptford Dockyard

Woolwich Royal Dockyard collection
Images of Woolwich Dockyard

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