Photography - Rivers and Docks
(Ted Shrimpton's collection)
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(Ted's original images are of a much higher quality and resolution, but have had to be processed to improve download speeds.)
All photographs here are the copyright of Ted Shrimpton's estate, and their publication on this website does NOT convey the right to download, or use, them in any way without the explicit prior permission of the copyright owner. Anyone seeking such permission should contact info@invictamaid.org in the first instance.
Threepenny Bridge reflected in the Liffey. Photograph taken c. 1980.
Tower Bridge.
St Mark's Church, Silvertown, junction of Albert Rd and Factory Road.
Built 1857 with an Iron Frame. Damaged by fire 1981 and since restored.
No description provided.
Amerigo Vespucci, a full rigged Italian training ship built 1931, and named after an Italian Explorer,
who it is thought was the first to discover America. Photograph taken in Deptford c. 1970/80.
Bargehouse Road. c. 1982.
Bargehouse Road flats. Formally the site of Harland and Wolff, North Woolwich. c. 1980/90.
Thames Barrier during construction, 1974-82.
Thames Barrier during construction, 1974-82.
Thames Barrier during construction, 1974-82.
Thames Barrier during construction, 1974-82.
Thames Barrier crane during construction, 1974-82.
Thames Barrier during construction, 1974-82.
Brighton sunset c. 1980.
Brighton sunset c. 1980.
What remains of North Woolwich Pier that used to host day trip steamers
Royal Daffodil & Royal Soverign to Margate, Ramsgate and Calis.
Crossness Southern Outfall, sewage pumping engines. Built by
Sir Joseph Bazalgette, opened 1865 and operated until the mid 1950s.
Crossness Southern Outfall, sewage pumping engines. The flywheel weighs 52 tons.
Built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, opened 1865 and operated until the mid 1950s.
Crossness Southern Outfall, sewage pumping engines. Built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, opened 1865
and operated until the mid 1950s. The Crossness Engine Trust was established 1987.
North Woolwich Victorian Railway Station, part of the North London Line, now part of a railway museum.
North Woolwich BR Station, part of the North London line to Kew.
Bargehouse Road, London, E16. Built on the site of Harland & Wolff on the north bank of the Thames.
Gasllions Public House situated between the Albert & King George V locks.
Gravesend Pier, 1981.
HMS Guernsey at Greenwich, c. 1982. Launched 1977. Paid off 2003, and sold to Bangladesh. Renamed BNS Sungu.
King George V lock, 1989.
King George V lock gates, 1989.
Margate Pier (we think!).
Pumping station pond 4, Thamesmead, London, SE28. The pumps are Archimedean screws protecting 700 homes.
Thamesmead is built on marsh land that acted as the drain for the "Plumstead Ridge", as well as a flood plain for the river Thames.
The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth 2 sailing out of Southampton along the Solent.
Royal Albert Public House, Albert Road, North Woolwich, c.1980/90. Now demolished and replaced by a block of flats.
The last boat yard, Woolwich, c.1980.
Riverside, London, SE18.
Southend Pier.
Southend West Pavillion.
Sun XXVII tug by North Woolwich Pier, c.1980.
Thames Barrier.
Thames Barrier.
The STS Sedov is a 4-masted steel barque that for almost 80 years was the largest traditional sailing ship in operation.
Wapping, 1982.
The Waverley at Greenwich, c. 1982.
The Isle of Wight link, c. 1980.
Woolwich town centre.
All photographs here are the copyright of Ted Shrimpton's estate, and their publication on this website does NOT convey the right to download, or use, them in any way without the explicit prior permission of the copyright owner. Anyone seeking such permission should contact info@invictamaid.org in the first instance.
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