EPW046626 ENGLAND (1935). Poplar Hospital, Poplar, 1935
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Title | [EPW046626] Poplar Hospital, Poplar, 1935 |
Reference | EPW046626 |
Date | March-1935 |
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Place name | POPLAR |
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Country | ENGLAND |
Easting / Northing | 538393, 181088 |
Longitude / Latitude | -0.0054569936696528, 51.511264800603 |
National Grid Reference | TQ384811 |
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Blackwall Tunnel northern entrance. The original Tunnel opened in 1897 at a cost of £1.4M. It was a single bore, 4,430 feet (1,350 metres) long and was wide enough for a vehicle lane in each direction plus a pedestrian footway each side. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwall_Tunnel |
Kentishman |
Saturday 21st of May 2022 08:43:03 AM |
The Poplar Hospital for Accidents (the Dockers' Hospital). Opened in 1855 to treat dock workers, it became the general hospital for the area. Its principal founders were Samuel Gurney, a Quaker banker, and Money Wigram, a Blackwall ship builder and ship owner. The 'for Accidents' was dropped from its name in 1937. Closed in 1975 and subsequently demolished. See 'Lost Hospitals of London' - https://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/poplar.html |
Kentishman |
Saturday 21st of May 2022 08:12:16 AM |