London's Waterways

Sailing ships at St Katharine's Dock

Scene at Silvertown following an explosion in a munitions factory

Steam tug moving between barges

The eastern entrance to Pentonville Tunnel and tunnel keeper's cottage

The embankment looking south between Blackfriars and Waterloo showing the Oxo Tower

The free ferry 'Gordon' which ran across the river between North Woolwich and Woolwich

The Harbour Master's Office at 74 Narrow Street, Limehouse

The Harbour Master's Office at 74 Narrow Street, Limehouse

The interior of Billingsgate Market showing fishmongers and their stalls

The western entrance to Pentonville Tunnel

Topsail barge loaded with hay or esparto with top mast lowered

Topsail barge under sail

Topsail barges at anchor, some with topsail lowered

Tower Bridge with bascules closed and barges passing under at high water

Tower Bridge with bascules open from Tower Gun Wharf

Tower of London from Tower Bridge

Unloading a barrel down gangway

Unloading on the Grand Union Canal

Unloading rolls of paper

View from St Paul's Cathedral towards Southwark Bridge

View looking south down Walbrook

View looking up river to Westminster Bridge and St Thomas's from Victoria Embankment.

View of junction at Tower Hill, Mansell Street and Tower Bridge

View of paddle steamer disembarking passengers at Greenwich Pier

View of part of Tower Bridge from the River Thames