Quayside cranes after the Silvertown Explosion 1917 Christmas This is London as you've

This is London as you've never seen it before

Perambulators in Hyde Park

recent research has raised evidence suggesting it may be the work of Robert Dowling

Casks remain on the quayside for customs gauging and sampling

A police constable was often needed to control the congestion of the horses and carts and increasing numbers of motorised vehicles

Quayside cranes after the Silvertown Explosion 1917 Christmas This is London as you'veQuayside cranes after the Silvertown Explosion. On 19 January 1917, a massive explosion occurred in Silvertown, south of the Royal Victoria Dock. In Messrs Brunner, Mond and Company's munitions works, 50 tons of T. N. T. blew up, killing 73 people and damaging up to 70,000 buildings, including some at the dock. The noise of the blast could be heard as far away as Southampton and Norwich. Fireboats fought to control the flames, which consumed the Royal