Picture No | 10221640 |
Date | 26 May 1888 |
Description | Sketches of the Thames Police, 1888 |
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A number of views of the work and boats of the Thames Police (now River Police) in London, 1888. The images show the Police stations at Wapping, Waterloo, Greenwich and Erith. The central two images show policemen boarding a 'suspicious barge' and 'rescuing a suicide'.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 26 May 1888. dps pages 582-3. By H.C. Seppings-Wright. |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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