EAW021719 ENGLAND (1949). A cityscape over Deptford and Millwall, Isle of Dogs, 1949. This image has been produced from a print.

Watergate Street Deptford. Originally called King Street and once was the main thoroughfare to the river (and the Royal dockyard). By this point in time Watergate Street and a lot of it's neighbouring roads had become a slum and by the early 1980's had been cleared of most of the old terraced houses which were replaced with LCC blocks of flats or new dwellings.

Deptford East Power Station. Built in 1953 and closed in 1983, standing derelict until 1992 when it was finally demolished. This station was constructed on the site of the world's first power station, built in the late 19th century by Ferranti.

Deptford West Power Station. Built in 1926 and demolished in the late 1970's.

McDougalls Flour Mill. Demolished in the mid eighties

Borthwick Cold Store. Designed by Sir Edwin Cooper and built in 1934, this cold store was owned by Thomas Borthwick and sons and presumably gave its name to the cobbled street in front, which was originally Butchers Row. The Cold Store closed in October 1972 and was demolished in 2006/7.

Paynes Paper Wharf. Constructed as John Penn's boiler works, but rumour has it that this building (with its arched facade on the riverside) was originally intended to be a terminus building for a railway branch line to a ferry service that never happened. This wharf was to later handle newsprint and general cargoes, becoming an egg breaking factory in the mid to late twentieth century. Sold to Hays for document storage in 1984 and in 2007 demolished except for the outer walls before eventually being rebuilt as flats in 2013.

Clocktower on the old Naval Storehouse. Removed in 1981 and is now in Thamesmead Town Centre

Dudgeon's Wharf. Oil storage depot beloning to the London Oil Storage Company Limited

Approx position of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Approx position of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Approx position of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Approx position of a 2ndWW barrage balloon operating site.

Deptford Park

Location of the admin/accommodation buildings associated with the adjacent HAA Gun Battery at the Isle of Dogs.

Location of the gun pits for the 2ndWW HAA Gun Battery at the Isle of Dogs, designationn ZE8/- (GDA London).

Surrey Docks

This was the Royal Victoria Victualling Yard. A naval victualling depot had existed here from the 17th century until 1961. A number of the original structures remain.

This was the site of the Royal Naval Dockyard Deptford. It was an important naval dockyard from the Tudor period up until the mid 19th century, when it became unsuitable for the newer iron clad ships. It declined in use and closed completely in 1869. The site was used in both WW1 and WW2 as a military supply depot.

This was the site of North Greenwich Station. It was the terminus of the short branch from the main London to Blackwall line and opened in 1871. It was little used and was forced to close in 1926.

Greenwich Station, 05/05/2016

Rectory Buildings, Deptford (now demolished)

St Paul's Church, Deptford High Street.

Deptford Broadway

Deptford High Street (southern end).

Westferry Estate, built by LCC from 1933

Westferry Road

Outer Millwall Dock

Remnant of the old Deptford Ferry Road at junction with Westferry Road. Vulcan pub on the corner.