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 78 and 79 at the time from a terrace that was on the north side of the road between Dock Street, approximately where Antwerp Way is today, and the High Street, since renamed Pier Road. The properties in this terrace have distinctive trapezoid lintels and the doorways have boot scrapers incorporated into the feet of their dividing columns. Both cottages shown have floral lace and fabric curtains and blinds in the windows. A cast iron gas street lamp, stands in front of the cottages. Sadly, the entire terrace of cottages, the terrace across the road, the 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. The site has since been redeveloped as low-rise modern housing.