Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London 1st Duke of Newcastle Plan of the City of

Plan of the City of London and surrounding area showing fortifications erected during the English Civil War

High Holborn

while alarmed drovers shout and wave sticks to warn him off

Queen Victoria at the City banquet at the Guildhall banquet

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London 1st Duke of Newcastle Plan of the City ofCargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. The dock was built between 1850 and 1855 on an area of Plaistow Marshes. It was the first London dock to be built specifically to handle large steamships and the first to be connected to the national rail network.