Leamouth Peninsula
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Leamouth Peninsula by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Leamouth Peninsula
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 5 Mar 2008
The former Pura Foods margarine factory has been demolished and construction work has commenced on redeveloping Orchard Place for residential, retail and educational use. Amongst the plans are proposals to build a new bridge over the River Lee to connect the peninsula to Canning Town. Canning Town DLR station with a stationary train is to the left, while the River Lee is in the foreground, flowing downstream here from right to left. The Sphere is the large dark orange building middle left. The machinery on the construction site is for installing concrete piles on which the new buildings will be based. On the OS mapping for 1869 and 1882 this site is shown occupied by the Thames Plate Glass Works, but by 1898 it was shown as Cooperage Wharf.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.51256
Longitude
0.006029