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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 4:41 am
by kiwi
South Wharf Rotherhithe.
In 1883, despite considerable public objection due to the hostility and fear roused by smallpox, MAB (Metropolitan Asylums Board) purchased Acorn Wharf in Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, for £13,000. The 2-acre site had been chosen as a receiving station for the River Ambulance Service (RAS)
In 1885 Acorn Wharf was renamed South Wharf. In 1901, just as another smallpox epidemic began, the Wharf was further expanded.
With the decline of smallpox, the river service was reorganised in 1913, with the South Wharf dealing with general fever cases while the North Wharf continued to receive smallpox cases.
By 1921 the South Wharf had expanded its land facilities and had 24 beds in various 'shelters' where patients could be kept overnight if necessary.
In 1933, the LCC sent the steamers, having been disinfected and certified as such by the Port Sanitary Authority, to Erith for mooring prior to disposal. In the last six months of their working lives, from January to July 1930, the steamers had transported over 2,500 patients to Long Reach.
In 1940, during WW2, the South Wharf Receiving Station, still being used as a collecting point for smallpox cases, was destroyed by firebombs. The South Wharf site is now the site of the Surrey Docks Farm.
MAP 1868 ROTHERHITHE.jpg
MAP 1868 ROTHERHITHE
MAP 1894 ROTHERHITHE.jpg
MAP 1894 ROTHERHITHE >>>

Smallpox Ambulance Station, The South Wharf Rotherhithe, from where smallpox patients travelled by river to a hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Date c1900.  X.png
Smallpox Ambulance Station, Rotherhithe, from where smallpox patients travelled by river to a hospital at Long Reach near Dartford. Date c1900.

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:06 am
by kiwi
Smallpox Area,South Wharf,Rotherhithe 1883..jpg
Smallpox Area,South Wharf,Rotherhithe 1883.
Albert Victor Smallpox ship,  Ambulance Steamer c.1883. South Wharf.jpg
Albert Victor Smallpox ship, Ambulance Steamer c.1883. South Wharf.

Smallpox Ambulance ship, Geneva Cross, South Wharf..jpg
Smallpox Ambulance ship, Geneva Cross, South Wharf.
Inside the Geneva Smallpox ship..jpg
Inside the Geneva Smallpox ship.
South Wharf, Rotherhithe, River Ambulance Service staff and crew on the Geneva Cross, c. 1902.  X.png
South Wharf, Rotherhithe, River Ambulance Service staff and crew on the Geneva Cross, c. 1902.
The man at the far right of the top row is Frederick Showell, and the man in the centre of the bottom row is thought to be Captain George Livett.

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:13 am
by kiwi
Smallpox Shed,South Dock.Rotherhithe. still there 2015..jpg
Smallpox Shed,South Dock. Rotherhithe. still there 2015.
Smallpox Sheds now a Forge,2015..jpg
Smallpox Sheds now a Forge,2015
ENTRANCE TO SURREY DOCKS FARM ROTHERHITHE STREET  2015.jpg
ENTRANCE TO SURREY DOCKS FARM ROTHERHITHE STREET

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 4:51 am
by kiwi
Surrey Docks Cheese Porters Bermondsey 1947.jpg
Surrey Docks Cheese Porters Rotherhithe 1947
Surrey Quays, Rotherhithe..jpg
Surrey Quays, Rotherhithe >>>>

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:49 pm
by kiwi
The Thames was also one of our playgrounds, these children are playing on the barges with Pococks of Rotherhithe Street in the background.
Children of Bermondsey and Rotherhithe playing Pocock in the background was in Rotherhithe Street.jpg

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:59 am
by kiwi
The 'Lalla Rookh' lies alongside the quay in the Surrey Docks, with the 'Alastor' on the opposite side of the dock and the 'Virgo' astern, probably  c 1928.jpg
The 'Lalla Rookh' lies alongside the quay in the Surrey Docks, , with the 'Alastor' on the opposite side of the dock and the 'Virgo' astern, probably c 1928

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:23 pm
by kiwi
Lavender Wharf and Dock, Rotherhithe Street  c1843..jpg
Lavender Wharf and Dock, Rotherhithe Street c1843
Rotherhithe Street,Lavender Dock, entrance from the river Thames.   X.png
Lavender Dock, entrance from the river Thames.


Horseferry stairs. These were located half way down what is now Sovereign Crescent but have now gone. They were a public plying place and a right of way. They are said to have once been called ‘Shepherd and Dog Stairs”

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2017 11:35 pm
by kiwi
The Customs Office at Stave Yard, Surrey Commercial Docks, in 1970.jpg
The Customs Office at Stave Yard, Surrey Commercial Docks, in 1970.
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Surrey Commercial Docks, severely damaged cargo ship after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War.  X.png
Surrey Commercial Docks, severely damaged cargo ship after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War.

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:56 am
by kiwi
Thames Tunnel Mills, Rotherhithe Street, facing onto the river on one side and overlooking St Mary's Church on the other, were built in the 1860s and consisted of warehouses and flour mills. Latterly the mills produced flaked rice and tapioca made by White, Tomkins and Courage until they closed the mills in 1972. It was one of the first warehouses to be converted into residential use in the early 1980s by the London and Quadrant Housing Association.
THAMES TUNNEL MILLS ROTHERHITHE.jpg
THAMES TUNNEL MILLS ROTHERHITHE
Rotherhithe Street, Thames Tunnel Mills, the mills in 1972..jpg
Rotherhithe Street, Thames Tunnel Mills, the mills in 1972.

Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 1:16 am
by kiwi
Surrey Commercial Docks c1930.  X..jpg
Surrey Commercial Docks c1930.
Surrey Docks, stacking timber from the temporary walkway, 1932.  X..png
Surrey Docks, stacking timber from the temporary walkway, 1932. This was apparently not used for publicity purposes as it revealed dangerous working conditions.

Surrey Commercial Docks, 1930s.jpg
Surrey Commercial Docks, 1930s.
Surrey Commercial Docks,Rotherhithe. Wood unloaded from the Pacific Reliance (1951).  X.png
Surrey Commercial Docks,Rotherhithe. Wood unloaded from the Pacific Reliance (1951).