Printed Ephemera — 1848-09-01
Falcon Coal Wharf, Bankside
Receipt issued by the coal merchants William and Jas Horne Junior, located at Falcon Coal Wharf, Bankside, Southwark. The receipt dated 1st September 1848 refers to the payment for a supply of coal to J.Richardson. Until the building of the railways and the canal system coal arrived in London by sea. Coal wharves located along the banks of the river Thames enabled colliers to unload straight into the merchants warehouses.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 68.124/20
- Object name:
- Falcon Coal Wharf, Bankside
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Horne, William & Jason jr, Corcoran, Brian
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- Production date:
- 1848-09-01
- Material:
paper, inl
- Measurements/duration:
- H 99 mm, W 179 mm (overall)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 40%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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