No. 10 Shed, Royal Victoria Dock, following Silvertown explosion
Photograph showing the damage to No. 10 Shed, Royal Victoria Dock, following the Silvertown explosion. Photograph taken by John H Avery on 25 January 1917.
Shed 10 had a capacity of 700 tons, an area of 13,000 square feet, and was damaged in the explosion. The Chairman of the Dock Committee reported on the 29th January "that a number of soldiers had been brought into the Dock area and were engaged in removing debris and covering up the goods". This image captures a number of these soldiers as they go about their work.
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No. 10 Shed, Royal Victoria Dock, following Silvertown explosion
