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Docks .
The Port of London is the whole of the tidal portion of the River Thames , stretching from Teddington to the sea , a distance of 69 miles .There is no Waterfront , as there is in Liverpool or Southampton ;instead , the vast business of the port is carried on quietly along the narrow strip of water which cuts the Metropolis in two . There are five dock systems in London , covering an area of 4,140, acres 673 acres of which are water . the five systems are the London and St . Katherine docks , the surrey commercial , the West India and Millwall , the East India , and the Royal Victoria and Albert and George the fifth docks . The port of London also includes Tilbury docks , which are near the sea , twenty six miles downstream from London bridge .
Picture shows:- The exterior of a building on Pitsea Street , E.1. . On the wall hangs advertisement posters for Cherry Blossom shoe polish and Robin Starch .
1957 (FOTO:DUKAS/TOPFOTO)
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