Sujet

Scene at Silvertown following an explosion in a munitions factory, London, World War I, 1917. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Scene at Silvertown following an explosion in a munitions factory, London, World War I, 1917. The explosion, which happened at 6.52 pm on Friday 19 January, killed 73 people and injured over 400.

Date

1917

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B04_037

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,3Mo (2,5Mo) / 39,1cm x 32,2cm / 4619 x 3803 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river building buildings London England River Thames Thames destruction industry country British geography English devastation industrial factory ruins ruin explosion war location disaster debris rubble century Britain catastrophe destroyed first world war wartime concept ruined B&W aftermath MONOCHROME World War I WWI black & white black and white B W World War One 1910s 20th century Guildhall Library & Art Gallery 1st World War geographical feature Home Front industrial accident munitions factory munitions industry Newham Silvertown TGN WW1 photograph Unknown débris