11850 x 8113 px | 100,3 x 68,7 cm | 39,5 x 27 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
1913
Ort:
London
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Dieses Bild kann kleinere Mängel aufweisen, da es sich um ein historisches Bild oder ein Reportagebild handel
The Port of London // The River Thames from London Bridge to Blackwall showing wharves. Artist/engraver/cartographer: George W. Bacon & Co. Provenance: "Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs (Revised edition)"; new enlarged and improved edition. Edited by William Stanford. Printed and Published by G.W. Bacon & Co., Ltd. at 127 Strand. The City Map Shop, 14 Union Court, Old Broad Street. Type: Vintage colour lithographic map. By 1800 London was the world's largest port. Shipping was handled entirely within the "Pool of London" between London Bridge & Limehouse; the river was lined with continuous wharves running for miles along both banks and hundreds of ships were moored in the river & alongside the quays. Capacity was increased throughout the 19th century by the construction of enclosed docks. On the advent of containerisation in the 1960's, shipping traffic moved further out to Tilbury & the Docklands declined.
