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