Wharf Collection (page 9)

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

Valletta Waterfront, formerly Pinto Wharf, Grand Harbour, Floriana, Malta GC Date: 2011

London Bridge steam wharf
Steam packet wharf at London Bridge on the River Thames. London Bridge wharf is the main point for the Herne Bay and Margate steam boats. Date: 1844

Sweden - Port at Arildslage
Sweden - Port (or small harbour/quay!) at Arildslage Date: 1913

Docks and Basin at Braila, Romania Date: 1910

Soller, Mallorca - The Pier (El Muelle) Date: circa 1920s

The Quayside at Pirebazar - Iran - a village in Northern Iran on the Capian Sea Coast Date: circa 1906

Japan - Kobe - Water Police Station and Harbour

Rye Harbour, East Sussex Date: circa 1930s

Moran Brothers Shipyard at Seattle
The Moran Bros. Shipyard at Seattle, Washington State, USA. Date: 1913

Baku - Azerbaijan - The port and Customs
Baku - Azerbaijan - The Harbour, Port and Customs buildings. Date: circa 1907

Alexandria, Egypt - Steam Packet Docks Date: circa 1910s

Riga, Lativia - Dunaquai Date: circa 1904

Hamburg, Germany - Port Area (Steinhoft) Date: 1901

Grand Union Canal Boats
Holiday making by canal! A pair of converted narrow boats, with their cargo of happy holidaymakers, on the Grand Union Canal near Heyford Wharf, Northamptonshire. Date: 1960s

River Witham, Lincoln
A tranquil scene at Brayford Wharf, on the River Witham, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, with the splendid cathedral on the distant horizon. Date: 1950s

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - The Chanzy Quay Date: circa 1902

Brtish troops constructing canal wharf, WW1
British troops constructing a new wharf on a canal on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Old Tavern House at Treib, Switzerland
The Old Tavern House at Treib on Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstattersee), Switzerland Date: circa 1930s

Oiling and Coaling on land
Light labour and hard labour: oiling and coaling on land. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top image shows a torpedo boat taking in oil fuel through a hose linking her with a tank in

St. Johns Harbour, Antigua, West Indies Date: circa 1907

Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai Harbour, India
Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour, India Date: 1935

Chile - Taltal - The Bay and Harbour Date: circa 1910s

Erskine Wharf - Wheat Export Yard, Karachi, Pakistan (still India at this stage). Date: circa 1909

Interlaken - Ferryport and North Railway Station
Switzerland - Interlaken - Ferryport (Schiffstation) and North Railway Station (Nordbahnhof) Date: circa 1910s

Switzerland - Villeneuve, Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) - a steamer about to embark on a lake crossing Date: circa 1895

Star Ferry Wharf, Hong Kong Date: circa 1910s

The Quay - Izmir, Turkey
The Pathe Cinema with its emblem of a Cock. The building next the cinema is the Kramer Theatre - at Izmir, Turkey. circa 1910s

Hospital shelters at South Wharf, Rotherhithe, London
View of hospital shelters at South Wharf, Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, south east London, where smallpox patients waited before being transported down the Thames to hospital ships moored at Long

Filling, weighing and packing tea, Bankside, London
Workers filling, weighing and packing chests of tea at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London. Date: circa 1902

Tea merchants cutting and mixing machine, London
Workers with a tea merchants cutting and mixing machine at Messrs Travers Wharf, Bankside, London

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