A view from the riverside at Acre Wharf, Poplar, looking north-west up the Lea River, with Bow Bridge in the centre of the frame. In the foreground, a Thames lighter barge is moored at the wharf, which was an address of Samuel Berger & Co Ltd, manufacturers of rice starch, powder starch and laundry starch. The barge’s holds are covered in tarpaulin, at its bow a man stands holding a mooring line. Background (left), behind the bridge, is J.W. French Bow Flour Mills, 267 to 269 Bow Road; background (right) is Gould Bros. Corn Merchants, Bow Bridge Wharf. A tram is seen crossing the bridge; a person sits on the top deck. The original twelfth-century stone Bow Bridge, re-built c1835, was demolished in 1967 and replaced by Bow Flyover. Acre Wharf was also demolished c1967 to make way for the East Cross Route, the Northern Approach to the Blackwall Tunnel (A102).