The Thames and its Docks - A Lecture

Alexander Forrow

Published by Spottiswoode, London, 1877

About this Item

This lecture first delivered at The East and West India Company's Literary Institution in 1876 and again at the City of London College in 1877 covers the history of docking facilities on the Thames from the earliest times together with proposals for continuous improvements to meet the needs of London's expanding trade in the 19th century. 76 text pages. Two illustrative folding lithographic plates showing the South West India Dock Western Entrance and the Howland Great Wet Dock in the Parish of Rotherhithe. together with eleven proposed plans for improvements and last but not least the River Thames showing all the Docks of London with the extensions then in progress. Size 220x145mm.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Thames and its Docks - A Lecture
• Publisher: Spottiswoode, London
• Publication Date: 1877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good