St Katherine Docks, London 1976
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This 1976 photograph shows the lightship Nore at St Katharine Docks in London, with part of its red-painted hull, deck fittings and heavy mooring chains filling the foreground. Beyond the vessel, the quiet dock basin, small boats and raised bascule bridge create a layered waterside scene, while the large modern building behind is the Tower Hotel, standing in sharp contrast to the older maritime surroundings. Bare branches, iron bollards and mooring ropes add further dockside texture, reinforcing the sense of a historic river setting already being reshaped by redevelopment. More than just a view of the Nore, the image captures St Katharine Docks at a moment when preserved working craft, surviving dock structures and modern commercial development all sat side by side.
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