Investigating the Maritime History of Rotherhithe: Excavations at Pacific Wharf, 165 Rotherhithe st, Southwark: 11 (MoLAS Archaeology Studies Series) - Softcover

Heard, Kieron; Goodburn, Damian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901992403 ISBN 13: 9781901992403

Publisher: MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology), 2003

Synopsis

In the mid 17th century a timber river wall allowed occupation of marginal land. The site was used as a timber yard and then developed as a commercial wharf, with new waterfronts constructed in deeper water. In the second half of the 18th century the Woolcombe family of shipbuilders developed a new river frontage and a wet dock. In the early 19th century the Beatson family adapted the site as a ship-breakers' yard and built a fashionable dwelling house overlooking the wet dock and a warehouse. The findings at Pacific Wharf provide important insights into post-medieval woodworking techniques, and other key aspects of ship-building technology. This concise and extensively illustrated volume documents these processes in their archaeological context, providing an illuminating account of Southwark's maritime history.

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Review

[a] well-written and lucid book' --Journal for Maritime Research

well designed and illustrated.' --Antiquity

this report is to be recommended as an important contribution to the understanding and the study of post-medieval waterfront and shipbuilding techniques.' --International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

About the Author

by Kieron Heard with Damian Goodburn

Edition details

• Publisher: MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology)
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1901992403
• ISBN 13: 9781901992403
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 58