Cannon Street station
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Cannon Street station, also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in London fare zone 1 located on Cannon Street in the City of L
Main entrance
Entrance from Dowgate Hill
Cannon Street Railway Bridge, 2005
Front of original station building, c. 1910
Marchioness disaster
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The Marchioness disaster was a collision between two vessels on the River Thames in London in the early hours of 20 August 1989, which resulted in the deaths of 51 people. The pleasure boat Marchiones
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…March 1976, a bomb exploded on an empty electric multiple unit at the station. Eight people in an adjacent train were injured. On 20 August 1989, the Marchioness pleasure boat sank close to Cannon Street Railway Bridge, killing 51 people. On 8 January 1991, two people were killed and hundreds were injured when an electric multiple…
The port side of Marchioness, showing the point of the second impact from Bowbelle. The wooden planking on top was the floor of the upper saloon, which was ripped off by Bowbelle's anchor.
Aerial view, from the south bank, of Cannon Street Railway Bridge (nearest to the camera) and Southwark Bridge. The Millennium Bridge, visible at the top of the picture, was not yet built at the time of the crash.
Simplified version of the incident, according to the Marine Accident Investigation Branch investigation. (Not to scale)