Thames Division in the 20th Century

Thames Division May 1923.

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Thames Division practicing for a gas attack in 1938.

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Thames Division in gas attack equipment.

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A bomb fire at Middleton’s Wharf 1940.

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(Reproduced with the kind permission of the Metropolitan Police Heritage Centre.)

Wapping Police Station.

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The second Waterloo Police Pier, built at the beginning of the 20th Century.

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Waterloo Police Pier.

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Blackwell Police Station.

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Thames Division officers on the river.

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Thames Division at work on a barge.

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A special stretcher used by Thames Division.

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Thames Division demonstrating the use of the stretcher.

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Thames Division demonstrating the use of the stretcher.

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Thames Division demonstrating the use of the stretcher.

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Superintendent Grant.

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Superintendent Grant.

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A police drag team with a recovered firearm.

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Police divers.

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A police diver retrieving a rifle.

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Patrolling near Tower Bridge.

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Thames Division demonstrating the use of a special stretcher.

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Helen Mirren with Thames Division.

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A police diver with a recovered firearm.

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Patrolling the river.

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A police diver operating in a confined space.

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Recovering a car.

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Inspecting a ship.

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On patrol near Tower Bridge.

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Thames Division examining the raised wreck of the Marchioness in 1989.

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Thames Division on a Rigid Inflatable Boat (R.I.B.).

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