Thames Collection (page 19)

Henley Regatta 1844
Henley Regatta, at Hammersmith Bridge. Date: June 1844

London Fire Brigade firemen on a fireboat, River Thames
London Fire Brigade firemen operating a hosepipe on a fireboat on the River Thames, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. Date: circa 1940s

Aspects of the inner parliamentary life of Irish members: " The members of no other Party make so much use of the House of Commons as the Nationalists

London Fire Brigade Lambeth headquarters building
Located on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, the London Fire Brigade headquarters was opened by King George VI in 1937. A purpose built, state of the art facility when first opened

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855
Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J

Swan Upping on the Thames 1900
Annual ceremony taking place on the Thames where British Crown swans are rounded up, caught, ringed, and then released. The party occupy a flotilla of row boats the sterns adorned with flags

Leonard Henry Courtney - Radical British Politician
U=Nivocal. Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1913) - Radical British Politician and exponent of Proportional Representation and Critic of Imperial Expansion. Date: 1900

Brochure for Seeing London by Tram
Round and about London by tram - North of the Thames. A London County Council guidebook, with an illustration of a tram travelling along the Embankment past Cleopatras Needle.. Date: circa 1930s

Battersea Power Station
The new Battersea Power Station in London, the architecture was planned by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and now a Grade II listed building. Date: 1935

Amazing aerial photograph looking east over London, in the farthest distance the river winds out of sight to the right, round the Isle of Dogs on which are the West India Docks. Date: 1935

Photograph showing busy Westminster Bridge with pedestrians walking across and a steady flow of traffic made up of public transport trams, omnibuses and some horse and carts. Date: 1935

Somerset House, viewed from Waterloo Bridge. Date: 1840s

Stench of people been flushed away. Date: 1853

Blackwall Tunnel
The entrance of the Blackwall Tunnel, London, connecting Blackwall with East Greenwich. Date: 1897

EMBANKMENT Victoria Embankment viewed from Waterloo Bridge Date: 1901

House-boats at Henley-on-Thames
Along the banks of the River Thames ranged rows of house-boats, floating villas, crowded with gaily-dressed spectators, during the Henley Regatta. Date: 1896

Custom House 1814
Custom House, fronting the Thames, which burnt down. Date: 1814

BOULTERs LOCK - on Ascot Sunday, when this was the fashionable place to be at - and to be seen at. Date: 1905

Tragedy in the shadow of Big Ben: The breached wall in Grosvenor Road, sandbagged after the sudden floods devastated Westminster and Rotherhithe and caused fourteen deaths. January 1928

Shipping on the River Thames, London, view from London Bridge looking towards Tower Bridge. Date: 1935

Blackfriars old bridge during construction, showing the temporary foot bridge, completed in 1769. Date: 1775

Hungerford Bridge made of wrought iron, a suspension footbridge running from the South Bank to Hungerford Market on the north side of the Thames

A sailing barge passing up Greenwich Reach, on the River Thames, London, England. Date: 1930s

Hibernia, a converted Thames sailing barge, luxuriously fitted as a permanent home. Date: 1930s

Coasting barges at their moorings on the River Thames, near Greenwich, London, England. Date: 1950s

A cement factory at Grays, Essex, England, seen from the River Thames at high tide in the evening. Date: 1950s

A tug and lighters, from Blackfriars, with the OXO tower on the opposite bank, River Thames, London, England. Date: February 1939

Crowded river during the Henley Regatta. 1909

The Railway Pier, Blackwall, viewed from the Thames. A paddle steamer, several sailing vessels and a rowing boat are seen on the water. Date: circa 1850

A view of the entrance to the Wapping-Rotherhithe tunnel under the Thames, the worlds first underwater tunnel, completed by Marc Brunel in 1843

View across the Thames from Bugsbys Reach to Blackwall Date
View across the Thames from Bugsbys Reach to Blackwall

The Adelphi, built 1772 by the Adams brothers on the banks of the Thames adjoining the Strand; the buildings were gradually spoilt and finally demolished in the 1930s Date: circa 1770

Old Temple stairs - The bank of the River Thames, London. Date: 1883

Blackfriars Bridge from the Surrey side with St Pauls Cathedral behind. Date: 1800s

View of the Monument and the Church of St Magnus the Martyr in Lower Thames Street. The church was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666

Emigrates just arrived off a steamer at the steps of Irongate, St. Katharines Docks, in the City of London, where they are met by a man who speaks their language

Unilever House, Thames Embankment, London
circa 1930s

The River Thames at Datchet, Berkshire. Date: circa 1930s

Tower of London 1450 Date: 1450

Group of nurses in front of Houses of Parliament
Group of seven nurses standing on the South Bank of the river Thames with Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in background. Date: 1988

London by Floodlight - Tower Bridge over the River Thames Date: circa 1930s

Albert Bridge over the River Thames, West London Date: 1905

Petersham Church, Richmond upon Thames, 1897
The Parish Church of St Peter, Petersham, Richmond upon Thames. Captain George Vancouver (1757-1798) the English navigator, is buried in the churchyard here. Date: 1897

Riverside view of Twickenham, Middlesex, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. Date: circa 1840s

Progress on Tower Bridge, London 1890
Works at the new Tower Bridge, seen from the top of a shaft 100 ft high. Date: 1890

Tower Bridge, London 1887
New Tower Bridge, London, at high tide, with the draw-bridge up. Date: 1887

Discovery ship HMS Investigator used as police-station
Captain Cooks discovery ship, the HMS Investigator, (1811), moored at Somerset House, London on the River Thames. Converted into a police-station in March 1837, on 19 April 1842

Unloading fresh oranges 1900
Dockers unloading oranges at London Bridge, Wharf in the orange season. Packed in boxes or chests, containing 1, 000 oranges each. Oranges coming from Malta, Sicily, Spain and Portugal and Florida

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