EAW000635 ENGLAND (1946). The Western Dock and the Wapping Basin, St George in the East, 1946

IVORY HOUSE ST KATHS DOCK

No.3 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). Partially destroyed by fire in 1976/77, demolished in 1979/80. The photograph was taken at the rear of the building in 1978, and clearly shows that the structure was essentially in an excellent state of repair. (Toby Webster, 2022).

No.4 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). This and the neighbouring No.5 Warehouse, both listed, were in excellent condition when they were demolished in 1979/80 to make way for the Murdoch empire's News International Printing Works.

No.2 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). This listed building was destroyed by fire and subsequent demolition in 1976/77. The chief fire officer on the scene is said to have remarked that the fire had been 'professionally set'. Alexander's magnificent five warehouse 'stacks' were replaced by Rupert Murdoch's infamous News International printing works, popularly remembered as 'Fortress Wapping'. After having lain disused for many years, they in turn were demolished in the second decade of the 2000s. At the time of writing they are being replaced by glass residential towers known as 'St.George's Square'. The 1978 photograph shows No.3 Warehouse, itself partially destroyed, across the rubble of No.2. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Warehouse within the London Dock. Gutted by fire in the blitz, it was reroofed and refloored in the 1950s. Along with the 5 stacks, it survived the initial clearance of 1969/70, but succumbed to the News International development in 1979/80. It is visible behind No.1 Warehouse in the 1978 photograph. The 1950s internal structure is evident on the end wall. (Toby Webster, 2022).

No.1 Warehouse, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). The 5 listed warehouses stacks survived the initial clearance of the dock in 1969, but had succumbed to progressive vandalism, much of it undoubtedly officially sanctioned, by 1979. The warehouses were built in fireproof quadrants, separated by thick walls and heavy iron doors. No.1 Warehouse lost its south-western quadrant to fire in 1976/77. The photograph was taken in 1978. (Toby Webster, 2022).

The Crescent warehouses, London Dock, demolished 1970. (Toby Webster, 2022).

The entrance to the Crescent Wine Vaults, demolished in 1970. Vaughan way now runs through this spot. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Warehouses within the London Dock, burned out in the blitz, and demolished after this aerial was taken. The site was never redeveloped, and is now a car park & playground. (Toby Webster 2022).

Warehouses between The Highway & Pennington Street. The Eastern third had been lost during the blitz. Now apartments. (Toby Webster, 2022)

The Gauging Ground, London Dock. Customs and Excise officials would gauge casks of wine, Port & sherry here before they were lowered into the 12 acres of vaulted cellars below the warehouses.

The Spirits Warehouses, London Dock (Daniel Asher Alexander, 1805). The eastern section was destroyed in the blitz. The surviving part in the photo was demolished in around 1977. The vaults beneath them were demolished in 1980. (Toby Webster, 2022).

Hermitage Basin, London Dock (John Rennie, 1805). Infilled in 1970, it has been an all-weather sports field ever since. Toby Webster (2022)

The Commercial Road Goods Depot, built by the London Tilbury & Southend Railway in 1886 to carry goods from Tilbury Docks into the City. It was demolished in 1975, and little or no trace of it survives. http://www.glias.org.uk/journals/2-a.html

Trinity House, 23/10/2014

Tower of London, 23/10/2014

The Turk's Head PH, Wapping, 17/02/2015

St. John's Churchyard, Wapping, 17/02/2015

Pier Head, Wapping, 17/02/2015

Hermitage Basin, 17/02/2015

St. Paul's Seamens Church, Dock Street, 17/02/2015