The Pool of London is a stretch of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Limehouse.
A view of the Pool of London, River Thames, around 1938
Legal Quays in 1757, by Louis Peter Boitard
A view of the Pool of London, River Thames, 1841
The Port of London is that part of the River Thames in England lying between Teddington Lock and the defined boundary with the North Sea and including any associated docks. Once the largest port in th
Pool of London
…of the Thames, the Pool was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal and later overseas goods—the wharves there were the original part of the Port of London. The Pool of London is divided into two parts, the Upper Pool and the Lower Pool. The Upper Pool consists of the section between London Bridge, which…
Former Port of London Authority Building, 10 Trinity Square, Tower Hill
The London docks in 1882. The King George V Dock (and Tilbury Docks, much further downstream) had not yet been built.
Charles de Lacy, "Mist in port, London"
Workers of the port of London unloading "Argentine chilled beef", August 1935