Port & River
The port and river collections are a unique repository of objects that track the history of the Thames and London as a working port over the centuries
Blogs-And-Stories
Nature & Environment
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
What is the Port of London Authority?
Steering the River Thames through changing tides and turbulent times
Collections
Collections
From the PLA Archive: Men who served in WWI
How cataloguing the Port of London Authority Archive led to unearthing fascinating connections to WWI
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
West India Docks
These were once the world’s largest docks, built to handle goods from Caribbean slave plantations
Collections
Collections
The Port of London’s role in Antarctic expeditions
Antarctica, Ahoy! Preparing for polar expeditions
