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See EPW032065. In that photo (& others of sequence), you can see changes done to bring in Tilbury Landing Stage.
Thursday 11th April
8:07pm
Accommodation for Custodian of Fort.
Monday 23rd July
1:25am
Bridge to take traffic over the railway - demolished in 1992 when Riverside Stn shut.
Tuesday 17th July
3:41pm
Tilbury Riverside Station
Closed 29 November 1992
Tuesday 17th July
1:00pm
Fort Road
Monday 16th July
9:35pm
Site of Tilbury Power Station (not built until 1960s).
Monday 16th July
9:34pm
On a jetty at this spot, Queen Elizabeth is said to have come ashore just before giving her famous "Heart and stomach of a King" speech. Authority ? Neil Oliver of TV program "Coast".
Monday 16th July
9:28pm
Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe man) was said to have a Brickworks about here. Authority? Nicholas Crane - in TV program "Coast".
Monday 16th July
9:22pm
Worlds End Pub/Inn. It is said that in earlier times the ferry was run from here and was the last Ferry point on the Thames.
Monday 16th July
9:16pm
Tilbury Fort (not to be confused with Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury). This one originally built under Charles II. Row of buildings under pin now gone. Fort was used in TV series Sharpe (Sean Bean), [episode about Army high-up corruption].
Monday 16th July
9:10pm
What we called Tilbury Riverside. Most of that has been completely demolished and flattened. The railway station was derelict last time I was there, and the tracks pulled up.
Monday 9th July
2:15pm
Tilbury Riverside booking hall still exists and has been renovated as part of Riverside complex. I agree tracks no longer get all the way there (platforms gone), but still go into a (freight only) facility across the road.
Monday 16th July
9:02pm