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Description: | These properties on Seething Lane were demolished to make way for of the Port of London Authority (P.L.A.) Building. The narrow street scene shows a Corporation of London cart in the centre and another cart carrying crates in the background.
The P.L.A. was established in 1908 as an amalgamation of all the different port authorities. Responsible for the purchase of land for wharfs and docks, it also carried out long overdue work such as regularising and reducing the docking charges. This was popular with both merchants and ship-owners. Most importantly the authority organised the dredging of the Thames, making it navigable by sea ships with deep hulls, so that they could directly enter London's docks.
This street near the Tower of London had a long associated with the docks and the navy. Christopher Wren designed a Navy Office on this street, which now lies under the gardens of the P.L.A. Building. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Power and Politics Cityscape | Temporal: | 1911 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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