River Thames Collection

Thames pilots at Gravesend, Kent, who help ships navigate through the congested waters of the harbor. W Simmonds on the deck of a boat. 1939

A Beefeater of the Tower of London was among the interested spectators who watched the Sunderland Flying Boat being moored opposite Traitors Gate today

Manuscript of Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans, c. 1500. Charles can be seen writing
Manuscript of Poems of Charles, Duke of Orleans, c.1500. Charles can be seen writing inside the Tower of London. He was the last of the French courtly poets

Everards shipyard. Greenhithe, Kent 24 June 1948

Crowds gather on the bank of the Thames estuary at Long Reach in Dartford, Kent, for a chance to spot the RMS Mauretania. RMS Mauretania is an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett

Watermen steering their barge underneath Lambeth Bridge, London. 1930s History of London - Vauxhall / Lambeth

Timber barge on fire at Vauxhall, London. October 25th 1934. History of London - Vauxhall / Lambeth

Seen at Westminster today is part of the endless queue waiting to file silently into the centuries old Westminster Hall - The Hall of Kings

HISTORY OF BRITAIN - TOWER OF LONDON - HENRY VII, Nineteenth century lithographic print
HISTORY OF BRITAIN - TOWER OF LONDON - HENRY VII Nineteenth century lithographic print, based on the late 15th century British Library manuscript, Royal 16, f. ii

Tower of London early 1900s

The Royal Yacht Alexandra at Woolwich, London. 11 October 1919

The last pier of the Old Waterloo Bridge is now being demolished and the way clear for the new structure. 13.7.36

The reconstruction of post war London. The London Councils South Bank Development Scheme. 22nd March 1964

A typical London tramp at home on Embankment. 7 November 1945

Tower of London circa 1910

The River Thames, swollen by recent boring and heavy rain, has flooded a wide area of Riverside Counties. Many towns in Surrey, Berkshire, and Middlesex are seriously flooded. 17 March 1947

An old mill in Erith, London. 1936

Waterloo Bridge is closed to vehicular traffic for 30 hours, so that the 140 FT long span of the temporary bridge on the south side can be slewed eastwards a distance of 34 feet to provide room for

Royal Sovereign resumes her sailing. The Royal Sovereign resumed her daily
" Royal Sovereign " resumes her sailing. The " Royal Sovereign " resumed her daily sailings from the Old Swan Pier, London Bridge, to Southend, Margate, and Ramsgate. 31 May 1924

Runnymede for the people. Scheme to aquire historic site for a national park. Historic Runnymede, associated for all time with the signing of the Great Charter of English liberty, the Magna Carta

Men working on the redevelopment of the Erith riverside in London. 1937

The redevelopment of the Erith riverside, London. A welder with a blow torch. 1937

A general view of the Thames estuary from Gravesend promenade, Kent. 12 February 1939

Pupils from the art school sit on the deck of a Thames Barge drawing pictures in Gravesend, Kent. 1939

Trippers are out to enjoy the sun and the River Thames on the Gravesend promenade, Kent. The shipping on the Thames estuary can be seen in the distance. 1939

The flour mills on the riverside at Erith in Kent. 1936

The general view of the promenade along the riverside at Erith, Kent. 1938

Aerial view of the urban / industrial port town of Greenhithe, Kent - 1939 ?TopFoto

Children sit on the promenade at Gravesend river front and look out over the Thames shipping. 1939

Children stand on the sea defences at Gravesend river front and look out over the Thames shipping. 1939

St Andrews Waterside Church Mission in London. They board ships and supply to sailors and crewmen onboard library boxes containing Bibles, hymn and prayer books as well as other texts. 1936

A motorcyclist looks out at the traffic on the Thames estuary from Gravesend promenade, Kent. 12 February 1939

Two girls playing by the river bank, one girl with her hoop ready for rolling, the other waiting for her turn, Staines, Middlesex, London, England

The general view of the opening of the Erith riversite view. 2 October 1937

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