Leonard Bentley
Charing Cross Pier
This is the summer of 1907 and the London County Council paddle steamer "William Morris" approaches Charing Cross Pier from downstream. One of the thirty paddle steamers built for the LCC in 1903-1905, "William Morris" was built by Thames Ironworks at Blackwall and named for the Victorian arts and crafts artist, designer, Poet and writer. The boat was sold by auction in September 1909 to City Steamboat Co for £395.00 having cost £6000.00 to build. The company later sold it to a German company for service on the River Rhine between Cologne and Mulheim.
Charing Cross Pier
This is the summer of 1907 and the London County Council paddle steamer "William Morris" approaches Charing Cross Pier from downstream. One of the thirty paddle steamers built for the LCC in 1903-1905, "William Morris" was built by Thames Ironworks at Blackwall and named for the Victorian arts and crafts artist, designer, Poet and writer. The boat was sold by auction in September 1909 to City Steamboat Co for £395.00 having cost £6000.00 to build. The company later sold it to a German company for service on the River Rhine between Cologne and Mulheim.