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The Prospect of Whitby is a historic public house on the banks of the Thames at Wapping in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lays claim to being the site of the oldest riverside tavern, dating from around 1520.
Following a fire in the early 19th century, the tavern was rebuilt and renamed The Prospect of Whitby, after a Tyne collier that used to berth next to the pub.
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Cyanotype printed on Fabriano Accademia 200gsm paper, from a quarter plate negative shot on an Ensign 3¼.
Go-Ahead SE224 on route 100, seen in Wapping High Street.
(Wrong side of river Flickr, this is Wapping.)
The dock was opened in 1852. It was named after the road it runs alongside and which also gave its name to the Wapping Tunnel.
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Oswell House is a modernist block of flats in Wapping. Built in 1966.
I particularly like the 'flying staircase' high up near the top which links it to the adjacent building, Doughty Court.
Direct Rail Services 37423 'Spirit of the Lakes' sits at Carnforth station whilst swapping Network Rail crew. The working is 1Q82 1632 Carlisle High Wapping Sdgs to Blackpool North and was seen here on Thursday the 23rd May 2019.
The dock was opened in 1852. It was named after the road it runs alongside and which also gave its name to the Wapping Tunnel.
The large brick warehouse built in 1856 along the eastern side of the dock was designed by Jesse Hartley. The building is of a similar architectural style to the warehouses surrounding the nearby Albert Dock. When originally built, it was 232 m (254 yd)long and consisted of five separate sections.Bombed in the May Blitz of 1941, the badly damaged southernmost section was not rebuilt, with only the supporting cast iron columns remaining in situ. The remainder of the building continued in commercial use, even after the dock closed in 1972. The warehouse was restored and converted into residential apartments in 1988 and is Grade II* listed.
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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
A snap taken from Pelican Stairs in Wapping, showing a sign of the areas more gruesome past. The adjacent pub 'The Prospect of Whitby' dates back to 1520.
Another one of my Wapping shots, this one is looking East (down the river) with Canary Wharf near the centre
There are signs of times past and modern in this view of the River Thames, taken from the Thames Path at Wapping.
Sailing masts, old wharf buildings, and of course Tower Bridge provide a link to the past. Blocks of flats, the old City Hall, Guy's Hospital and The Shard are among some of the more modern structures of the London skyline.
We took a leisurely westerly walk back from Tobacco Dock along the waterway. It was very peaceful considering we are so close to the City. Wapping, London.
Taken with my digital Fujifilm X20
I had never been to this part of east London before. I had only recently heard about this canal in Wapping which is a remnant from the area's former role as London's docks. It certainly deserves its name 'ornamental' - it looks almost as if it was laid out specifically to create viewpoints for photography.
Being here felt like being in a different city - Paris, perhaps, with the Shard taking the place of the Eiffel Tower.
By the way, I promise that the seagull in the top left is not a comped-in addition. It was really there. As were the swans on the canal.