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Greater London Council Collection (page 3)

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908

Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908
Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, Feltham, London, 1908. Seamanship training: boys standing on the masts and rigging of an old sailing ship with part of the hull removed

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls work at making baskets, with examples of the finished product on display

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908

Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls sit at desks, possibly reading Braille, in a rather bare room

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. The school cricket team pose with a trophy and their cricket bats

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. A group of child acrobats performs a balancing act in front of a house

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys playing dominoes and reading at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900. Boys in uniform sit reading large books, left. Others sit in pairs playing dominoes. The room is bare and bleak

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900

Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Boys in uniform stand in line; a brass band plays on the right

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931

Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931. Young children sit at a table and others play with sand

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908

Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900

Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900. Serious-looking boys sit obediently at their desks in an extremely long classroom. There seem to be at least four teachers

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Official Opening of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908

Official Opening of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The Prince and Princess of Wales approach the gates on the south side in Brunel Road

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The Prince of Wales officially opening the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908

The Prince of Wales officially opening the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The prince opens the gate to the southern entrance to the tunnel under the Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Workmen tiling the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, December 1907

Workmen tiling the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, December 1907. Workmen using scaffolding to fix tiles to the tunnel roof and walls in a section under the River Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Men standing in the shield used to cut Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, July 1907

Men standing in the shield used to cut Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, July 1907. Front view of the cutting edge of the shield where it emerges into Shaft 1 (Tunnel B)

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Men pushing railway trucks along the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Stepney, London, June 1907

Men pushing railway trucks along the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Stepney, London, June 1907. View of the tunnel under the Thames between shafts 3 and 4, showing the curve of the track

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Miners at work on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, February 1907

Miners at work on the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, February 1907. Two sections of the shield, with bare-chested miners at work

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906

Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906. Front view of the shield with men standing on it in Shaft 2

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Bulkhead to retain compressed air in Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906

Bulkhead to retain compressed air in Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906
Bulkhead to retain compressed air in the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906. Viewed from the inside with workmen standing by hatches

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, September 1906

Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, September 1906. View looking east across the the bridge over the East London Railway towards the mouth of the tunnel under the River

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Construction of the bridge approach to Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1906

Construction of the bridge approach to Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Building a bridge across the East London Railway for the southern approach to tunnel under the River Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, 1906

The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, 1906. Men constructing the caisson for Shaft 4 of the tunnel under the River Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, March 1905

The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, March 1905. Construction of the cut and cover section of the tunnel under the River Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Official opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, Poplar, London, 1897

Official opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, Poplar, London, 1897. The Prince and Princess of Wales in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by other carriages and soldiers in a royal parade

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Traffic driving on to the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1945

Traffic driving on to the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1945

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Men on the Hydraulic Lever Platform of the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1896

Men on the Hydraulic Lever Platform of the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1896. Ferry employees on the north pontoon of the ferry, with levers in the foreground

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Erection of Emergency Thames Bridge, London, 1942

Erection of Emergency Thames Bridge, London, 1942. View through the bridge from the South Bank while erection of the steelwork by cantilevering was in progress

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Temporary bridge over the River Thames being dismantled, London, 1948

Temporary bridge over the River Thames being dismantled, London, 1948. View from the South Bank of one of the London County Council Emergency Thames Bridges being dismantled, (site 2)

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Railway bridge across Globe Road, Bethnal Green, London, 1914

Railway bridge across Globe Road, Bethnal Green, London, 1914. The north side of the railway bridge across the cobbled Globe Road

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Railway bridge across Deptford Creek, London, 1913

Railway bridge across Deptford Creek, London, 1913. The bridge over Deptford Creek viewed from the south at low tide

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Train passing over the Chelsea Road, London, 1936

Train passing over the Chelsea Road, London, 1936. A Southern Railway train crosses a railway bridge with an advertisement. A horse shunts railway trucks on the Chelsea Road underneath

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Great Eastern Railway Bridge over the Bow Road, Poplar, London, 1915

Great Eastern Railway Bridge over the Bow Road, Poplar, London, 1915. Ticket prices on the Great Eastern Railway at a penny single

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben, London, 1934

Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster with Big Ben, London, 1934. View from the terrace in front of the old County Hall across the Thames; the Palace of Westminster

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Old Waterloo Bridge and the South Bank, London, 1895

Old Waterloo Bridge and the South Bank, London, 1895. View of the old bridge from the Victoria Embankment on the north bank of the River Thames

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The New Vauxhall Bridge looking north towards Victoria, London, 1906

The New Vauxhall Bridge looking north towards Victoria, London, 1906. The road across the new bridge looking north towards Grosvenor Road and the spire of Holy Trinity Church, Vauxhall Bridge Road

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Old Vauxhall Bridge, London, 1903

Old Vauxhall Bridge, London, 1903. View from Westminster of the old bridge with men rowing under one of the arches

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Southwark Bridge under repair, London, 1913

Southwark Bridge under repair, London, 1913. Repair work in progress on the arch nearest to the South Bank, Lambeth

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Barges at Bankside, looking upstream towards Southwark Bridge, London, 1913

Barges at Bankside, looking upstream towards Southwark Bridge, London, 1913. Barges moored in front of Bankside wharves, with Southwark Bridge undergoing repair work

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Barges moored at Bankside wharves looking downstream, London, 1913

Barges moored at Bankside wharves looking downstream, London, 1913. View of the Thames towards Southwark Bridge and Cannon Street Station

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Widening of Putney Bridge, London, 1931

Widening of Putney Bridge, London, 1931. View of extensive building works with cranes

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Old Lambeth Bridge with temporary footbridge alongside, London, before 1932

Old Lambeth Bridge with temporary footbridge alongside, London, before 1932. View of the bridge from Millbank, looking towards Lambeth

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The Thames and Lambeth Bridge looking downstream, 1897

The Thames and Lambeth Bridge looking downstream, 1897. View of the bridge from upstream looking towards Lambeth Palace and Saint Thomas Hospital on the South Bank, (right)

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: The building of the new Chelsea Bridge, London, 1937

The building of the new Chelsea Bridge, London, 1937. Construction of the new bridge in progress, with scaffolding and cranes

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Deptford Creek Bridge, London, 1896

Deptford Creek Bridge, London, 1896. View of the bridge closed to shipping, looking towards the gas works and tall-masted ships in the distance. In the foreground is a barge, used for freight

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921

Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921
Workmen using wooden tools on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921. Work in progress on the carriageway looking north from Queenstown Road, Battersea, towards the Western Pumping Station

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1960

Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1960. View of the concourse with bookstall and Christmas decorations. Passengers wait on benches, while others walk up and down

Background imageGreater London Council Collection: Kings Cross Station, Camden, London, 1970

Kings Cross Station, Camden, London, 1970. The arched train shed looking south along platform 8 from the central footbridge. A train waits on the left, with empty tracks on the right



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