The Thames River Police in the 19th Century
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A painting of Wapping Police Station in the early Nineteenth Century.
(Reproduced with the kind permission of the Thames River Police Museum.)
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Thames Division rescuing a suicide.
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Thames Officers coming off duty.
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Thames Police boarding a suspicious barge.
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Thames Police in a rowing galley getting a tow against the tide from a steam powered vessel.
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The cutter Spray used as the police station at Erith.
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The main cabin of the Spray.
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The Royalist, used as a police station at Greenwich.
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The men’s quarters on the Royalist.
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A peep into the forecastle of the Royalist.
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Waterloo Police Pier.
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The Receiving Room at Waterloo Police Pier.
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Wapping Police Station.
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Telegraphing to headquarters.
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A steam launch and boats moored at Waterloo.
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Chasing river thieves.
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The Reserve Room at Waterloo.
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The superintendent’s galley.
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A Coal Hulk for coaling steam launches at Wapping.
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Thames Police arresting a stowaway.
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Launching a rowing galley.
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The Royalist.
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A steam-powered police launch, the Watch.
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