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View of the Entrance to the East India Docks with Proposed East London Rail Road.
S. Hemming Engineer del.t.
Printed by W.N. Vear 24 Tabernacle Row [c.1827]
Lithograph, scarce; printed area 170 x 250mm (6¾ x 9¾"). Bit dusty.
View of a proposed (but unrealised) proposal to build an 'East London Rail Road' from the entrance to the East India Docks at Blackwall. A railway was eventually built as a branch line from Poplar station (which had opened in 1840). Designed by Samuel Hemming (1800-76), civil engineer whose plans also included a steam navigation dock at the mouth of the river Lea (ref. 46937).
[Ref: 46935] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
View of the Proposed Steam Navigation Dock at the Mouth of the River Lea.
Sketch'd by S. Hemming, Engineer.
Printed by W.N. Vear 24 Tabernacle Row [c.1827]
Lithograph, printed area 195 x 265mm (7¾ x 10¼"). Slight marking on right.
Unrealised plan for a steam navigation dock where the river Lea meets the Thames (known as Leamouth). Designed by Samuel Hemming (1800-76), civil engineer whose plans also included a horse-drawn railway from the nearby East India Dock (see ref. 46935).
[Ref: 46937] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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