-
unpowered lighters moved by oar and
water currents in the Port of London.
Lightermen were one of the most
characteristic groups of
workers in London's docks...
- The
Company of
Watermen and
Lightermen (CWL) is a
historic City
guild in the City of London. However,
unlike the city's 111
livery companies, CWL does...
- As with
their English counterparts,
lightermen in
Singapore were men who
worked on a
lighter or on a barge.
Their primary role was to
transport cargo between...
- Watermen,
Lightermen,
Tugmen and Bargemen's
Union was a
trade union in the
United Kingdom. The
union was
formed in 1925 when the
watermen and
lightermen belonging...
- The Free
Watermen and
Lightermen's Almshouses (generally
known as the
Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on
Beckenham Road /
Penge High Street, Penge, London...
- as the
National Amalgamated Stevedores,
Lightermen,
Watermen and Dockers. In 1925 the
watermen and
lightermen considered joining the T&G, but instead...
-
combined with
their colleagues in
cargo to form the
Company of
Watermen and
Lightermen. The free
water clause,
introduced by the West
India Dock Act of 1799...
- and rubber; and so on. The
docks required an army of workers,
chiefly lightermen (who
carried loads between ships and
quays aboard small barges called...
-
Lightermen and
Bargemen was a
trade union in the
United Kingdom. The
union was
founded in 1889 as the
Amalgamated Society of
Watermen and
Lightermen of...
-
Pipers Island, or Piper's Island, is the third-smallest map-named
island in the
River Thames, in England. It is on the Reading,
Berkshire reach (the head...