Docklands Collection

The Harbour Masters office at 74 Narrow Street, Limehouse, London, c1905. Artist
The Harbour Masters office at 74 Narrow Street, Limehouse, London, c1905

View near Limehouse Bridge, London, looking down the River Thames, 1751

Wharves at Limehouse, London, c1850. Artist: Frederick J Goff
Wharves at Limehouse, London, c1850. View with barges in the foreground

The new East and West India Docks at Tilbury, opened last week, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The new East and West India Docks at Tilbury, opened last week, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Port of London Authority - Map, 1937. Creator: Unknown
Port of London Authority - Map, 1937. The River Thames in London, showing Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, St Katharine Docks, Western and Eastern Docks, West India Docks, Blackwall Basin

Docklands and Canary Wharf, London, England, UK, 2 / 3 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Docklands and Canary Wharf, London, England, UK, 2/3/10. Sheep at Mudchute Farm with Canary Wharf in the distance. Docklands, London, E14, England, UK

Birds eye view of the London Docks, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Birds eye view of the London Docks, 1845. Sailing ships in dock on the River Thames. The London Docks are separated from St. Katharines by Nightingale-lane

A Row, Yarmouth, 1898. Creator: Unknown
A " Row", Yarmouth, 1898. Row Houses on South Quay, Great Yarmouth originally built as single family dwellings, later sub-divided into tenements

Docklands and Canary Wharf, London, England, UK, 2 / 3 / 10. Creator: Ethel Davies
Docklands and Canary Wharf, London, England, UK, 2/3/10. View of the high-rise buildings of Canary Wharf reflected in the water, Docklands, London, E14, England, UK

Docklands, 2005. Creator: Ethel Davies
Inner Millwall Dock with the Lotus Chinese Floating Restaurant in the foreground and Canary Wharf highrise flats and office blocks in the background, Docklands, Isle of Dogs, London, E14, England

LImehouse Basin, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
Narrowboats against the background of new build flats, LImehouse Basin, a body of water and marina linking the Regents Canal with the River Thames, close to Canary Wharf and docklands, London, E14

ExCeL, 2009. Creator: Ethel Davies
ExCeL convention and exhibition centre, located on a 100-acre site on the water at Royal Victoria Dock, Docklands, Custom House, London, E16, England

Ebano bitumen stored at Elizabeth Wharf, Limehouse, London, c1900
Barrels of Ebano bitumen stored at Elizabeth Wharf, Limehouse, London, c1900. The Ebano Oil Company imported bitumen from Mexico

Shipyard of James Ash & Co, Cubitt Town, London, c1863. James Ash & Co were builders of iron ships. The company was founded in 1862 but the yard never became profitable

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. The dock was built between 1850 and 1855 on an area of Plaistow Marshes

Entrance to St Katharines Dock, London, c1925

Sailing ships at St Katharines Dock, London, c1905

View of London Docks, 1816. Artist: Daniel Havell
View of London Docks, 1816

Plan of a proposal to construct a dock on the site of St Katharines Hospital, London, c1825. St Katharines Dock opened in October 1828

View of the Wapping entrance and south quay of London Docks, c1824. Artist: Henry Moses
View of the Wapping entrance and south quay of London Docks, c1824

The opening of London Docks, Wapping, 1805. Artist: V Woodthorpe
The opening of London Docks, Wapping, 1805. From an almanac

London Docks, Wapping, 1805. Artist: W Hawkins
London Docks, Wapping, 1805

View of London Docks looking west, Wapping, 1831. Artist: MJ Starling
View of London Docks looking west, Wapping, 1831

View of the entrance to London Docks, Wapping, 1815. Artist: T Matthews
View of the entrance to London Docks, Wapping, 1815

View of the shipping entrance to London Docks, Wapping, 1817. Artist: JC Varrall
View of the shipping entrance to London Docks, Wapping, 1817

The Lord Mayor at the Red Lion Brewhouse, St Katherines Way, London, c1703 (c1850(?)). Sir John Parsons leaving for Westminster by barge

The Cock Inn, St Katherines Way, Stepney, London, c1868. Artist: JT Wilson
The Cock Inn, St Katherines Way, Stepney, London, c1868

The Black Boy Inn, St Katherines Way, Stepney, London, c1865. Artist: JT Wilson
The Black Boy Inn, St Katherines Way, Stepney, London, c1865

Opening celebrations of St Katharines Dock, London, 1828. Aerial view from the south, The docks were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

The opening of St Katharines Dock, London, 1828. Artist: E Duncan
The opening of St Katharines Dock, London, 1828. The docks were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

St Katharines Dock, London, 1834. Artist: James Tingle
St Katharines Dock, London, 1834. View of the dock framed by a decorative border including motifs of anchors and fishing nets. The docks opened in October 1828

View of St Katharines Dock from the basin, London, c1830. Artist: Henry Jorden
View of St Katharines Dock from the basin, London, c1830. The docks opened in October 1828. They were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer Thomas Telford

View of the proposed St Katharines Dock, London, c1825. Artist: Thomas Mann Baynes
View of the proposed St Katharines Dock, London, c1825. Also showing the Tower of London and ships and boats on the River Thames. The docks opened in October 1828

Opening of St Katharines Dock, London, October 25 1828. A scene with crowds of people on the shore and in ships, barges and smaller boats

East India Dock, Poplar, London, c1835. Artist: Vear
East India Dock, Poplar, London, c1835. View of the proposed steam navigation dock at the mouth of the River Lea showing crowds observing the paddle steamers in the dock and raising their hats

Canary Wharf from Greenwich Park, London, 2009. The redevelopment of the Canary Wharf area of Londons docklands began in the 1980s

Canary Wharf, London, 2009. The redevelopment of the Canary Wharf area of Londons docklands began in the 1980s. It saw the construction of a complex of several large office blocks

Sailing barges in St Katherines Dock, London

Boats in St Katherines Dock, London

Thames barge in St Katherines Dock, London

St Katherines Docks, London, late 19th century. Aerial view showing the docks, ships on the Thames, and the Tower of London in the background

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