Title

Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin, London, May 1869

Caption

Construction of the expanded Limehouse Basin, London, May 1869. Photographic print showing details of the work. A trench is being excavated so that the line of sailing ships on the right will soon be moored against the new basin edge, shown on the left.

Date

1869

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B38_290

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,5Mb (2,7Mb) / 16,2in x 13,1in / 4845 x 3934 (300dpi)

Keywords

river London England River Thames Thames worker country construction construction site British crane cranes geography English excavation location Victorian century Docklands Britain concept excavations expansion B&W MONOCHROME excavating trench Construction Industry 19th century black & white black and white London Docklands B W nineteenth century Tower Hamlets workers English Heritage East End geographical feature Limehouse TGN photograph Limehouse Basin Lucas and Tuck photograph