This established the Port of London Authority, for the purpose of administering, preserving, and improving the Port of London. The limits of the Authority’s power extend from
Teddington down both sides of the River to a line just east of the Nore lightship. At its inception the Authority took over all the duties, rights, and privileges of the Thames Conservancy in the whole of this area.
BOOK II
Reproduced from photographs by permission of Airco Aerials, Ltd.
THE GREAT CITY WHICH THE RIVER MADE