EAW000635 ENGLAND (1946). The Western Dock and the Wapping Basin, St George in the East, 1946

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Title [EAW000635] The Western Dock and the Wapping Basin, St George in the East, 1946
Reference EAW000635
Date 10-May-1946
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Place name ST GEORGE IN THE EAST
Parish
District
Country ENGLAND
Easting / Northing 534370, 180475
Longitude / Latitude -0.063634629530314, 51.506726793561
National Grid Reference TQ344805

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IVORY HOUSE ST KATHS DOCK

brian
Tuesday 27th of December 2022 01:31:16 PM
No.3 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). Partially destroyed by fire in 1976/77, demolished in 1979/80. The photograph was taken at the rear of the building in 1978, and clearly shows that the structure was essentially in an excellent state of repair. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Sunday 18th of September 2022 12:51:13 PM
Tony - I love these photos and your comments. I have been up in Wapping today having first photographed there in 1981 and worked around there in the 80's. Could you please give some help in identifying where some photos may have ben taken from in 1982? Thank you.

Deputy
Saturday 29th of October 2022 11:56:30 PM
No.4 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). This and the neighbouring No.5 Warehouse, both listed, were in excellent condition when they were demolished in 1979/80 to make way for the Murdoch empire's News International Printing Works.

Toby Webster
Sunday 18th of September 2022 12:49:44 PM
No.2 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). This listed building was destroyed by fire and subsequent demolition in 1976/77. The chief fire officer on the scene is said to have remarked that the fire had been 'professionally set'. Alexander's magnificent five warehouse 'stacks' were replaced by Rupert Murdoch's infamous News International printing works, popularly remembered as 'Fortress Wapping'. After having lain disused for many years, they in turn were demolished in the second decade of the 2000s. At the time of writing they are being replaced by glass residential towers known as 'St.George's Square'. The 1978 photograph shows No.3 Warehouse, itself partially destroyed, across the rubble of No.2. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Sunday 18th of September 2022 12:38:02 PM
Warehouse within the London Dock. Gutted by fire in the blitz, it was reroofed and refloored in the 1950s. Along with the 5 stacks, it survived the initial clearance of 1969/70, but succumbed to the News International development in 1979/80. It is visible behind No.1 Warehouse in the 1978 photograph. The 1950s internal structure is evident on the end wall. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Sunday 18th of September 2022 12:23:07 PM
No.1 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). The 5 listed warehouses stacks survived the initial clearance of the dock in 1969, but had succumbed to progressive vandalism, much of it undoubtedly officially sanctioned, by 1979. The warehouses were built in fireproof quadrants, separated by thick walls and heavy iron doors. No.1 Warehouse lost its south-western quadrant to fire in 1976/77. The photograph was taken in 1978. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 05:16:04 PM
The Crescent warehouses, London Dock, demolished 1970. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 04:16:58 PM
The entrance to the Crescent Wine Vaults, demolished in 1970. Vaughan way now runs through this spot. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 04:15:27 PM
Warehouses within the London Dock, burned out in the blitz, and demolished after this aerial was taken. The site was never redeveloped, and is now a car park & playground. (Toby Webster 2022).

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 04:12:52 PM
Warehouses between The Highway & Pennington Street. The Eastern third had been lost during the blitz. Now apartments. (Toby Webster, 2022)

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 04:03:34 PM
The Gauging Ground, London Dock. Customs and Excise officials would gauge casks of wine, Port & sherry here before they were lowered into the 12 acres of vaulted cellars below the warehouses.

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 03:59:44 PM
The Spirits Warehouses, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). The eastern section was destroyed in the blitz. The surviving part in the photo was demolished in around 1977. The vaults beneath them were demolished in 1980. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 02:35:25 PM
Hermitage Basin, London Dock (John Rennie, 1805). Infilled in 1970, it has been an all-weather sports field ever since. Toby Webster (2022)

Toby Webster
Saturday 17th of September 2022 02:30:03 PM
The Commercial Road Goods Depot, built by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1886 to carry goods from Tilbury Docks into the City. It was demolished in 1975, and little or no trace of it survives. http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/2-a.html

Toby Webster
Wednesday 7th of September 2022 03:48:02 PM
Trinity House, 23/10/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:40:34 PM
Tower of London, 23/10/2014

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:39:01 PM
The Turk's Head PH, Wapping, 17/02/2015

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:36:21 PM
St. John's Churchyard, Wapping, 17/02/2015

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:35:25 PM
Pier Head, Wapping, 17/02/2015

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:34:27 PM
Hermitage Basin, 17/02/2015

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:32:43 PM
St. Paul's Seamens Church, Dock Street, 17/02/2015

Class31
Monday 18th of May 2015 12:30:28 PM