Britannia Bridge in Commercial Road
Britannia Bridge in Commercial Road
Record No
120868
Title
Britannia Bridge in Commercial Road
Description
A view of Britannia Bridge, Stepney, where Commercial Road crosses the Limehouse Cut. The bridge is covered in bill posters including advertisements for Harry Champion and The Poplar Hippodrome. Commercial Road can be seen to be cobbled with tram lines running through it. A public house to the right of the bridge has the name J & W Nicholson & Cos Special Whisky, and 'Black Swan' etched into the glass window adjacent to a shuttered door. On the left of the bridge, at 217 Salmon Lane, the name R. Lehmon appears above a shopfront with newspaper boards outside. Rosalind Lehmon is registered at this address in 1915 as an umbrella maker. Telegraph posts and cranes can be seen beyond the bridge in what were Britannia and Copenhagen Wharfs. An advertising hoarding and green space now occupy the site to the left of the bridge. The two wharfs have been replaced by the Locksley Estate. The pub and adjoining buildings on Commercial Road were demolished following damage during World War II and went on to become a Salvation Army Citadel and its driveway. A tyre supplier and fitter then operated on the site for many years. It is latterly a boarded vacant plot.
Date of execution
1915
Section
The London Archives
Collection
LCC Photograph Library
Medium
photograph
Catalogue No
SC_PHL_01_385_82_1200
Accession No
8308c
London picture map location
Exact
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