Wharf Collection (page 14)

The Humours of Billingsgate, 1736, (1920). Artist: Arnoldus van Haecken
The Humours of Billingsgate, 1736, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

The Quay, Blackwall Docks, 1810, (1920). Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
The Quay, Blackwall Docks, 1810, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

Entering Grimsby Docks at the end of a North Sea voyage is the fishing vessel Saurian, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

When Cotton Was Loaded, a forest of derricks and smoke-stacks, 1937
When Cotton Was Loaded, a forest of derricks and smoke-stacks - to use the term known from the earliest days of the Mississippi steamboats - dominated the scene at a riverside wharf, 1937

Scrapyard by Cat and Mutton Bridge, Shoreditch, London, January 1903
Scrapyard by Cat and Mutton Bridge, Pritchards Road, Shoreditch, London, January 1903. F Church iron merchants establishment near the Grand Union Canal, with scrap metal in the yard

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

Burnt-out building, Concordia Wharf, Poplar, London, 1924. Shell of a warehouse revealing the interior with rubble and wreckage after a fire

Sailing barges, Battersea, London, 1906
Sailing barges, Nine Elms Wharf, Battersea, London, 1906. These barges are moored on the River Thames at Messrs AH Lavers wharf looking north

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

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

Unloading a barrel from a ship down a gangway, London, c1905

Unloading rolls of paper from a ship, London, c1905

Lighters approaching the General Steam Navigation Companys wharf by Tower Bridge, London, c1905

View of the busy Thames looking towards Tower Bridge, London, c1920. The construction of Tower Bridge was begun in 1881 to designs by Sir Horace Jones and it opened in 1894

Lighters passing St Pauls Wharf with St Pauls Cathedral in the background, London, c1905

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

Plan of the River Thames showing the London Docks and the Isle of Dogs, 1797

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

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

Millbank, Westminster, London, c1825. Artist: Engelmann and Company
Millbank, Westminster, London, c1825. View looking down the River Thames, showing a horse and cart and figures

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

St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1908. Artist: William Monk
St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, 1908. Calendar including view of St Pauls Cathedrals dome, with barges on the River Thames and wharves in the foreground

Falcon Coal Wharf, Bankside, Southwark, London, 1827. Artist: John Chessell Buckler
Falcon Coal Wharf, Bankside, Southwark, London, 1827

Fresh Wharf, near London Bridge, c1762. Artist: William Marlow
Fresh Wharf, near London Bridge, c1762. Scene showing commodities being moved on the quayside

View of construction work at St Katherines Dock, Stepney, London, January, 1828. The docks opened in October 1828. They were the only major project to be undertaken in London by the famous engineer

View of the Royal Dockyard, Deptford, London, 1793

View of the southern end on the new London Bridge and Fennings Wharf, London, c1835. Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians can be seen crossing the bridge with the masts of ships appearing on the left

Entrance to the Adelphi wharf showing work horses and two men, Westminster, London, c1850

Floating dock at Rotherhithe, London, c1810. Artist: Francois Louis Thomas Francia
Floating dock at Rotherhithe, London, c1810

Pool of London from Rotherhithe, with ships in the foreground, c1890. Artist
Pool of London from Rotherhithe, with ships in the foreground, c1890

East India Docks, London, c1825. Artist: Vear
East India Docks, London, c1825. View of the entrance to the docks, with a proposed East London horse-drawn rail road, which was never realised

View of the east side of Southwark Bridge, London, 1820. Artist
View of the east side of Southwark Bridge, London, 1820. The dome of St Pauls can be seen on the other side of the River Thames

View of the Steelyard from the River Thames, Upper Thames Street, London, c1801

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

Brunswick Dock, Blackwall, London, c1800. View with Perrys Mast House which held a crane for raising or fitting masts to ships

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