The Company of Watermen and Lightermen is a historic City guild in the City of London. However, unlike the city's 114 livery companies, CWL does not have a grant of livery. Its meeting rooms are at Wa
Watermen's Hall, London EC3
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A waterman is a river worker who transfers passengers across and along city centre rivers and estuaries in the United Kingdom and its colonies. Most notable are those on the River Thames and River Med
Company of Watermen and Lightermen
…the city's 114 livery companies, CWL does not have a grant of livery. Its meeting rooms are at Waterman's Hall on St Mary at Hill, London. The role of watermen was to transfer passengers, while lightermen moved goods and cargo, between the Port of London and vessels moored in the River Thames. Although modern…
The Doggett's Coat and Badge, the oldest rowing race in the world, sees apprentice watermen competing on the River Thames. Above painting by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827).
Model of a steamship, built by d'Abbans in 1784
Announcement of the annual race for Doggett's Coat and Badge