Gravesend, Clifton Marine Parade c.1898
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At Gravesend Reach, the River Thames narrows on its way from the North Sea to London Bridge, another twenty-six miles upstream. Its situation, opposite the Essex port of Tilbury, led to its becoming the pilot station for the Port of London; at the time of this photograph it was still the world's busiest port. The Thames barges, moored on the left, and the local bawley boats which trawled for shrimps in the estuary, were, along with the uninterrupted views of the ships of all nationalities passing on the river, a source of immense interest for visitors when Gravesend became a popular resort during the Victorian era.
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