Wharf Collection (page 8)

Fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping, East London, in September 1935, with billowing black smoke on the right. On the left, firefighters train their hoses from a fireboat on the River Thames. Date: 1935

Firefighters in action, Calders Wharf, East London
Firefighters in action at a fire in Calders Wharf, East London, 21 May 1955. Seen here with hosepipes, cooling down barrels of collodion cotton and boxes of paint

LFB Fireboat attending a fire at Colonial Wharf
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf. A typical big Thameside fire of the sort which the London fire Brigade had tackled over 100 years: Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, E1

London firefighters at work on staircase, Carron Wharf
London firefighters at work on an adjoining external staircase during a fire at Carron Wharf, Upper Thames Street, on 28 June 1939. Date: 1939

The Wharf, Yokohama, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Suggested site for London University
A suggested site for London University: how another fine building might be placed next to the new LCC Hall (later known as County Hall)

Oslo, Norway - Piperviksbryggen
Piperviksbryggen - Oslo, Norway Date: circa 1920s

Police Launch - Wapping
Supervision Police Launch Watch close to the New Dundee Wharf, Wapping Date: circa 1900

Arica, Chile - Dock II. Date: circa 1908

St. Georges - St. Georges Hotel, Bermuda
St. Georges - featuring the St. Georges Hotel (back centre), Bermuda. Date: circa 1910s

Cuba - Havana - Wharf Scene in the harbour - The Cuban Treasury is on the left and the Cabana Fortress is in the distance across the bay to the right. Date: circa 1909

The Ferryboats at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia
Ferryboats at Circular Quay, Sydney, Australia Date: circa 1909

St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada - Bowling Bros Sealing Fleet
Wharves at St. Johns Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada - Bowling Brothers Steam Sealing Fleet Date: 1902

Cuba - Puerto Tarafa Harbour Date: circa 1925

Costa Rica - Wharves at Puerto Limon. On the left is the dock/warehouse used to ship bananas from Costa Rica to the UK, the USA and other International destinations. Date: circa 1910s

Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes to Pontianak
Borneo, Indonesia - dock for canoes heading to Pontianak, the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. Date: circa 1910s

Shipbuilding in Singapore Date: circa 1910s

Freetown, Sierra Leone - The landing Wharf (with small lighthouse) Date: 1907

Malta - Grand Harbour from Quarry Wharf, Valletta
Malta - Grand Harbour, Valletta - WWI era. Malta was not on the front line of World War I (unlike World War II) but did participate in many ways nevertheless

Bermuda - Front Street, Hamilton - Busy mix of trade and traffic Date: circa 1903

Sydney, Australia - Waterfront Scene showing the Interstate Wharves Date: circa 1908

Spain, 16th - 17th c. Overseas Trade between Spain and the american colonies. Loading of goods at a harbor

Cotton shipping from Charleston, South Carolina. Scene in the trade port. Colored illustration published in Leslies magazine on 16th March 1868. Engraving

Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Boating Club
The Duke of Edinburgh at Dinorwic Wharf, Cheyne Walk, London, opening the Westminster Boating Club Pontoon on 18 July 1985. The London Phoenix displays jets of water in the background

Water drawn from Thames to fight a fire in Bow
Scene of fire at warehouse in Bow, East London, showing water being drawn from the Thames to help fight the blaze

LCC-LFB Canteen van at Colonial Wharf fire
Hungry and thirsty firefighters gathering for refreshments at the Brigades canteen van following a major fire at Colonial Wharf

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in action
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

LFB fireboat Massey Shaw tackling a warehouse fire
The Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935

LCC-LFB Fireboat Beta III on the River Thames
Fireboat Beta III facing downriver, seen from the River Fire Station at Rotherhithe (Cherry Garden Pier)

LCC- MFB horse drawn escape cart at drill-Southwark
Southwark (Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade), slipping the escape ladder from the horse-drawn escape cart. The London County Council was created in 1889

NFS (London Region) water relay exercise, WW2
The Blitz had shown the vital importance of securing a good water supply and the dire consequences when it failed. NFS London firefighters practised large scale exercises securing a water supply

Fire boat SS Sambre at Enderbys Wharf, Greenwich
The London Fire Service fire boat, the SS Sambre, at Enderbys Wharf, Greenwich, SE London

LFB firefighters working on a roof at a warehouse fire
London firefighters working with hose lines on a warehouse roof at the scene of a fire, Carran Wharf in Upper Thames Street. City of London

LCC-LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, SE London

LFB Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe
London firemen at hose cart drill, Fire Station D, Floating Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe

A visit to the wharf, Nantucket. Print showing a scene on the wharf at Nantucket, at center three well dressed women with a young child and a small dog, to the left

Print shows people working along shore and wharf on the wate

The wharf, Naples, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Steamship wharf, Stettin Harbor, Pommeraina, Germany (i. e
Steamship wharf, Stettin Harbor, Pommeraina, Germany (i.e. Szczecin, Poland). Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

A prospect of Rio Bona harbour in the parish of St. Anns, a
A prospect of Rio Bona harbour in the parish of St. Ann s, and the tavern, wharf, and stores, in the parish of St. James s, the north side Jamaica

City Point, Va. vicinity. Medical supply boat Planter at General Hospital wharf on the Appomattox. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865

Girls working at mangle in Bonanno Laundry, 12 Foster Wharf

Leugunaer wharf, Dunkirk, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The wharf from the harbor, Treport, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Landing place, Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava, Genoese Castle. View of landing place and people working at ordnance wharf, Balaklava harbor, with ships, buildings, and Genoese Castle in background

Valletta Waterfront, formerly Pinto Wharf, Grand Harbour, Floriana, Malta GC; roof-line limestone crest with (?) dolphins 2011

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Grain Elevators & Dock No. 2
Beautiful fold-out postcard from Argentina showing the Grain Elevators at Dock No.2, Buenos Aires. Date: 1904

The ports of Plymouth and Gravesend
Views of the ports of Plymouth, Devon (top) and Gravesend, Kent (below), showing the coastline and shipping. circa 1883

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