Wharf Collection

New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, 1858. Creator: Walmsley
New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, [London], 1858. The new graving-docks in connection with the Victoria Docks, the construction of which was commenced about two years back

Ships figureheads over the gate at Castles Shipbreaking Yard, Westminster, London, 1909
Ships figureheads over the gate at Castles Shipbreaking Yard, Baltic Wharf, Millbank, Westminster, London, March 1909. Entrance to the yard, with wooden figures salvaged from ships decorating the sign

Entrance to Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse, London, 1828. Artist: Frederick James Havell
Entrance to Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse, London, 1828. View with boats and crew on Regents Canal and figures on the dockside

Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Langfier Photo
Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

A nuclear submarine berthing at Devonport docks, Plymouth, Devon, 1980. The site has been established as a naval construction and refit yard since 1690

The Harwich-Zeebrugge Train Ferry, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The Harwich-Zeebrugge Train Ferry, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846. The scene includes the unloading of foreign provisions from vessels on the River Thames using winching

Crowd outside the closed East India Dock Gates, Poplar, London, 1897. Men wait, locked out of the East India Docks, probably during a strike in which the dock workers demanded fair pay

Billingsgate Fish Market, 1808, (1944). Creators: Thomas Rowlandson, Augustus Charles Pugin
Billingsgate Fish Market, 1808, (1944). View of the old open-air fish market on the banks of the River Thames in the City of London. Fresh fish was landed and sold directly on the dockside

Shipping in the Pool of London: A Vista from London Bridge to Tower Bridge, c1935. Barges on the River Thames. From " Wonderful London, Volume 1", edited by Arthur St John Adcock

Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Conflagration at Sir C. Prices Wharf, Blackfriars, 1845. The London fire brigade attempting to extinguish a fire...in the warehouses belonging to Sir Charles Price and Co

Limehouse Dock, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
Limehouse Dock, 1872. Limehouse Dock in Tower Hamlets used by seagoing vessels to offload cargo to canal barges, for onward transport along the Regents Canal. From, " LONDON

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

Fennings Wharf, Bermondsey, London, c1835. View from the River Thames with Fennings Wharf in the centre, the Shot Manufactory, Bermondsey, on the left

East India Docks, Poplar, London, 1808. Artist: William Daniell
View of the East India Docks, Poplar, London, looking south towards Isle of Dogs with the River Lea on the left, 1808

Brunswick Dock, and East India Dock, Poplar, London, 1803. Artist: William Daniell
Brunswick Dock, and East India Dock, Poplar, London, 1803. Brunswick and East India Docks looking east with the River Lea in the middle distance and Perrys Masthouse on the right

The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Custom-House and inner harbour, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka], 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Slinn and Co

Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading supplies for our army in France, between 1917 and c1920. A ship next to a dock, on which buckets, rope, crates and other supplies are being prepared for transport to France during World War I.

Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne…, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden: embarkation in the royal yacht Osborne at Gottenborg - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864

Our ironclad fleet: launch of the Royal Alfred screw-frigate at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, 1864. Royal Navy warship. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. 'a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the Foundation-Stone of the Low-Lights Dock at Tynemouth, 1864. Rain-soaked celebrations marking the start of work at the mouth of the River Tyne

Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Hubberston Dock at Milford Haven, 1864. 'The foundation-stone...was laid on Thursday, the 11th August, by Mrs. Potter, the wife of Mr

Frank G. Carpenter on lighthouse wharf, Ketchikan, 1915. Creator: Unknown
Frank G. Carpenter on lighthouse wharf, Ketchikan, 1915.

Confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers, Tobolsk, 1912. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Confluence of the Irtysh and Tobol rivers, Tobolsk, 1912.

View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. Creator: Anon
View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. A View of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the Store Houses, Wharfes and Docks, belonging to it, and to the East India Company of Holland

U.S.S. Maine, "I name thee Maine", 1889 Nov. Creator: Unknown. U.S.S
U.S.S. Maine, "I name thee Maine", 1889 Nov

Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7. Creator: Unknown
Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7

Reliance in dry dock, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Reliance in dry dock, 1903

Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15. Creator: Unknown
Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15

Boat landing, the park, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906. Creator: Unknown
Boat landing, the park, Buffalo, N.Y. between 1900 and 1906

Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Dock No. 2 at Chatham Yard, recently opened, 1858. The Dock recently completed at Chatham, known as No. 2 Dock...was commenced in October, 1855, and completed in October of the present year

Filling the Napoleon Dock, Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Filling the Napoleon Dock, Cherbourg, 1858. Inauguration and...opening of the Great Basin, or Napoleon Dock, of the military port...in the presence of the Emperor

The Dock at Sveaborg. Creator: Elias Martin
The Dock at Sveaborg, Unknown date

Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of the Late Fire at the London Docks, 1858. The fire...originated in the South Stack Warehouse on the South Quay building, several floors high, each filled with gutta percha, saltpetre, sugar

Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, [London], 1858. The vessels were the brig Ocean, of Shoreham, bound to Swansea, with a cargo of copper ore, and the collier brig Lustre

Great Fire at Bristol, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Great Fire at Bristol, 1876. The fire was prevented from spreading to the more extensive portion of Messrs. Gardiner and Thomas's premises by the men forming a bank of bags of rice

Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Creator: J. R. W
Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Warship launched using electricity. Hammers and battering-rams were applied to the foremost blocks

Wharf Rat, mid 19th century. Creator: Alfred Jacob Miller
Wharf Rat, mid 19th century

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

Stockholm Ström from Fjällgatan, 1925. Creator: Nils Kreuger
Stockholm Strom from Fjallgatan, 1925

A Vessel in Dry-Dock, 17th century. Creator: Unknown
A Vessel in Dry-Dock, 17th century

View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. Creator: Anon
View of the Admiralty warehouse in Amsterdam, 1752. A view of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the store houses, wharfes and docks, belonging to it, and to the East India Company of Holland

Launch of the screw line-of-battle ship "Anson" at Woolwich, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the screw line-of-battle ship "Anson" at Woolwich, 1860. Royal Navy ship launched...in the presence of at least 5000 spectators...The band of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine

The Arsenal at Naples - from a drawing by S. Read, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Arsenal at Naples - from a drawing by S. Read, 1860. The dockyard and arsenal of Naples adjoin the Castel Nuovo and the Royal Palace. The arsenal was built by the Viceroy Mendoza in 1577

The Ruins (of the Great Fire at Brooks's Wharf), from Thames-Street, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Ruins (of the Great Fire at Brooks's Wharf), from Thames-Street, [London], 1876. Aftermath of a fire at...a large bonded warehouse...having an extensive river frontage

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