Albert Road is a spinal route running parallel to this stretch of the Thames, which served the substantial commercial and residential development built around the Royal Docks during the late nineteenth century. Parts of the road were either in North Woolwich, Kent, or East Ham, Essex, originally having sequences of street numbering in two directions, but all is now within the London Borough of Newham. This view shows two cottages believed to be numbers 92 and 93 at the time from a terrace that was on the north side of the road between Dock Street and the High Street, which is now Pier Road. The properties in this terrace have a distinctive trapezoid lintels and both cottages shown have floral nets and blinds in the windows. Sadly, the entire terrace, houses opposite, school houses, and St John's Church, all in the immediate area, were destroyed by bombing during World War II and the site appears to have been occupied by prefabs in post-war OS maps. It has since been redeveloped as low-rise modern housing.