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The boiler house at the Tucker Street Generating Station in Canning Town.The boiler house at the Tucker Street Generating Station in Canning Town.
The boiler house at the Tucker Street Generating Station in Canning Town.

© National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: H1786
Title: The boiler house at the Tucker Street Generating Station in Canning Town.
Description: A coal heaver in the Boiler House at Tucker Street Generating Station in Canning Town. Huge quantities of coal were shovelled into the row of ovens to feed the steam turbines that drove the dynamos to generate electricity.
Creator: Unknown
Date: 1904




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