-
unpowered lighters moved by oar and
water currents in the Port of London.
Lightermen were one of the most
characteristic groups of
workers in London's docks...
- The
Company of
Watermen and
Lightermen (CWL) is a
historic City
guild in the City of London. However,
unlike the city's
other 111
livery companies, CWL...
- The Free
Watermen and
Lightermen's Almshouses (generally
known as the
Royal Watermen's Almshouses) on
Beckenham Road /
Penge High Street, Penge, London...
-
combined with
their colleagues in
cargo to form the
Company of
Watermen and
Lightermen. The free
water clause,
introduced by the West
India Dock Act of 1799...
- of the
Thames sailing barge. The
people who
moved barges were
known as
lightermen.
Poles are used on
barges to fend off
other nearby vessels or a wharf...
- and rubber; and so on. The
docks required an army of workers,
chiefly lightermen (who
carried loads between ships and
quays aboard small barges called...
- Watermen,
Lightermen,
Tugmen and Bargemen's
Union was a
trade union in the
United Kingdom. The
union was
formed in 1925 when the
watermen and
lightermen belonging...
-
Lightermen and
Bargemen was a
trade union in the
United Kingdom. The
union was
founded in 1889 as the
Amalgamated Society of
Watermen and
Lightermen of...
- The
Amalgamated Society of
Foremen Lightermen of
River Thames was a
trade union in the
United Kingdom. It
merged with the
Transport and
General Workers'...
-
livery companies own
premises in London, as well as the
Watermen and
Lightermen which although not
strictly a
livery company,
retains headquarters still...
