ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Surrey Docks, Canals and Wharfs
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:53 am

LAVENDER WHARF, ROTHERHITHE STREET,1934.jpg
LAVENDER WHARF, ROTHERHITHE STREET,1934.
Lavender Wharf,you can see the warehouse of W.B. Dick & Co. Ltd. 1937.jpg
Lavender Wharf,you can see the warehouse of W.B. Dick & Co. 1937
Lavender Wharf in 1937, when it was the premises of W.B. Dick and Co.jpg
Lavender Wharf in 1937, when it was the premises of W.B. Dick and Co.

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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Sat Jan 27, 2018 3:00 am

Commercial Wharf-Commercial Dock Pier, Odessa Street.  2  X..png
Commercial Wharf-Commercial Dock Pier, Odessa Street.

Commercial Dock Pier Showing the Scotch Derrick, 1937, in the foreground, Odessa Street to the right of the Derrick..jpg
Commercial Dock Pier Showing the Scotch Derrick, 1937, in the foreground, Odessa Street to the right of the Derrick.
Scotch Derrick, Commercial Pier, Rotherhithe. 2017..jpg
The Scotch Derrick, Commercial Pier, Rotherhithe in 2017

A simple crane that was frequently used in quarries, docks and boatyards. They are also called stiff-leg derricks. The difference between a crane and a derrick is that the jib (arm) can be raised or lowered on a derrick, rather than the jib remaining stationary. They were used for lifting and moving heavy loads, larger ones had control cabins and they were usually steam-powered. The Thames Path bears right here, just before the derrick, onto Odessa Street.
Bernards Wharf,Commercial Dock Pier,Rotherhithe.   X.png

Odessa Street, Rotherhithe.  X.png
BERNARDS WHARF.
Odessa Street, Bernards Wharf,near South Wharf.  X..jpg
Odessa Street, near South Wharf.
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:43 am

Greenland Dock in the late 1950s.jpg
Greenland Dock in the late 1950s

Greenland Dock from the air..jpg
Greenland Dock from the air
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:20 am

GREENLAND DOCK.jpg
GREENLAND DOCK. c1950
Greenland Dock, Surrey Commercial Dock.  X.png
Greenland Dock, Surrey Commercial Dock.

The 'Joseph Lee' and water barges moored in the dock. The dock was originally built in 1697 and greatly enlarged at the end of the 19th century. The main import (until 1970) was softwood from Scandanavia, seen here to the right of the photograph
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:59 pm

Deadman’s Dock, or Dodman’s Dock, was named after the shipbuilders Dudman & Company, who operated here at the end of the 18th century. It was bought from them by the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company in 1850. It was then owned by Southern Railway and eventually British Rail after nationalisation, until it closed in 1970. It is now the site of the Surrey Quays shopping centre.
Deadman’s Dock, or Dodman’s Dock.jpg

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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Tue May 01, 2018 12:13 am

FOUNTAIN.jpg
Fountain Dry Dock,63 Bermondsey Wall. 1929, now Bermondsey Wall East. End of Bevington Street.
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Wed May 02, 2018 11:29 am

Port of London Authority Aquatic Sports Gala Day in 1925, with dockworkers, families and friends swimming, diving and playing water polo at Surrey Commercial Docks.

Port of London Authority Aquatic Sports Gala Day in 1925,.jpg
SURREY COMMERCIAL DOCKS 1925.jpg
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Sun May 27, 2018 6:08 am

Thames Riverscape showing Reed's Wharf, Mill Stairs, Meriton's Wharf and St Saviours Dock: 1937.
Reeds Wharf, Mill Stairs, Meritons Wharf and St Saviours Dock 1937.jpg
Reeds Wharf, 33 Mill Street, 2016.jpg
Reeds Wharf, 33 Mill Street, 2016
REEDS WHARF.jpg

Mill Street, China Wharf 2017.  X.png
China Wharf, Mill Street, 2017.. The building on the right was Meriton’s Wharf, later it became New Concordia Wharf, (Corn Mill).
Mill Street Rotherhithe, rear of China Wharf, middle building 2017.  X.png
Mill Street Rotherhithe, rear of China Wharf, middle building 2017.
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Wed May 30, 2018 10:35 pm

Rotherhithe Street, Platform Wharf c1937, a tobacco warehouse which stood until the late 1970's..jpg
Rotherhithe Street, Platform Wharf c1937, a tobacco warehouse which stood until the late 1970's.

I could be wrong on this. Only as far as I can remember Naylor's Wharf was in or near the same building as Corbett’s Wharf. Looking at both pictures it does look like the same building. Looking at the Naylor’s Wharf picture National Wharf as gone, and I think that is Millpond Estate to the left. The estate through the gap on the left, I think is in West Lane. :?:
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Naylor's Wharf, Rotherhithe Street, c1981.
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Re: ROTHERHITHE,WHARFS & DOCKS.

Postby kiwi » Wed May 30, 2018 11:40 pm

Rotherhithe Street, Bellamys Wharf and Bullhead Dock were a sand and gravel unloading facility..jpg
Rotherhithe Street, Bellamys Wharf and Bullhead Dock were a sand and gravel unloading facility.
Rotherhithe Street. showing King and Queens Wharf (Bellamy's Granaries) from the Upper Globe Wharf to Dinorwic Wharf section in 1937..jpg
King and Queens Wharf (Bellamy's Granaries) from the Upper Globe Wharf to Dinorwic Wharf section in 1937

King and Queen Wharf, next door to Globe Wharf, was originally known as Bellamy’s Wharf and was built by French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars in the 1790’s. Bellamys Wharf and Bullhead Dock were a sand and gravel unloading facility.
Rotherhithe Street, King & Queen Wharf 2017..jpg
Rotherhithe Street, King & Queen Wharf 2017


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