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Boys performing seamanship display, Feltham Industrial School, London, 1908Boys 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
Basketry workshop at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908Basketry 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
Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge School for Blind Girls, London, 1908Girls knitting socks by machine at the Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908
Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908Geography 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
Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. The school cricket team pose with a trophy and their cricket bats
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Gymnastics 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
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines
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
Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900Boys 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
Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931. Young children sit at a table and others play with sand
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908Boys 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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906. Front view of the shield with men standing on it in Shaft 2
Bulkhead to retain compressed air in Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906Bulkhead to retain compressed air in the Rotherhithe Tunnel, London, October 1906. Viewed from the inside with workmen standing by hatches
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
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
The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, 1906. Men constructing the caisson for Shaft 4 of the tunnel under the River Thames
The Rotherhithe Tunnel under construction, London, March 1905. Construction of the cut and cover section of the tunnel under the River Thames
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
Traffic driving on to the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1945
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
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
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)
Railway bridge across Globe Road, Bethnal Green, London, 1914. The north side of the railway bridge across the cobbled Globe Road
Railway bridge across Deptford Creek, London, 1913. The bridge over Deptford Creek viewed from the south at low tide
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
Great Eastern Railway Bridge over the Bow Road, Poplar, London, 1915. Ticket prices on the Great Eastern Railway at a penny single
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
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
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
Old Vauxhall Bridge, London, 1903. View from Westminster of the old bridge with men rowing under one of the arches
Southwark Bridge under repair, London, 1913. Repair work in progress on the arch nearest to the South Bank, Lambeth
Barges at Bankside, looking upstream towards Southwark Bridge, London, 1913. Barges moored in front of Bankside wharves, with Southwark Bridge undergoing repair work
Barges moored at Bankside wharves looking downstream, London, 1913. View of the Thames towards Southwark Bridge and Cannon Street Station
Widening of Putney Bridge, London, 1931. View of extensive building works with cranes
Old Lambeth Bridge with temporary footbridge alongside, London, before 1932. View of the bridge from Millbank, looking towards Lambeth
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)
The building of the new Chelsea Bridge, London, 1937. Construction of the new bridge in progress, with scaffolding and cranes
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
Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921Workmen 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
Waterloo Station, Lambeth, London, 1960. View of the concourse with bookstall and Christmas decorations. Passengers wait on benches, while others walk up and down
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