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London Metropolitan Archives

SITE OF THE ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4208

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SITE OF THE ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL

Date(s): 1904-1907

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.30 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Unknown.

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

These photographs show properties and streets that are presumed to have been destroyed or altered significantly by the construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, which was opened in 1908. Around 3000 local people were displaced by the construction.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs of site of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, East London, 1904-1907.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

164 photographs in 1 bundle.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Archive in October 1998.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Photographs | Visual materials
Tunnels | Transport infrastructure
Urban development

Personal names

Corporate names

Places
Rotherhithe | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Southwark