Shad Thames is a historic riverside street next to Tower Bridge in Bermondsey, London, England, and is also an informal name for the surrounding area. In the 19th century, the area included the largest warehouse complex in London.
The street Shad Thames, looking east
St Saviour's Dock, looking north toward the Thames
St Saviour's Dock, looking south toward the Dock end
The east end of the Shad Thames area. The pink building is China Wharf
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282.
View from Shad Thames
Tower Bridge under construction, 1892
1895 painting of the opening of Tower Bridge, William Lionel Wyllie
Tower Bridge during the first mass air raid on London, 7 September 1940