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Orchard House Yard (known as Orchard Yard and Hercules Wharf) was an English shipbuilding yard located at
Leamouth Leamouth is a locality in the Blackwall area of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The area takes its name from the former ''Leamouth Wharf'' and lies on the west side of the confluence of the Bow Creek stretch of the Lea, at its confluence ...
, on the
River Lea The River Lea ( ) is in South East England. It originates in Bedfordshire, in the Chiltern Hills, and flows southeast through Hertfordshire, along the Essex border and into Greater London, to meet the River Thames at Bow Creek. It is one of t ...
at Bow Creek . Forming part of the Orchard House estate, a number of shipbuilders occupied the site over time: * 1840 Ditchburn & Mare * 1846 C J Mare & Co * 1857
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf (often referred to as Blackwall) on the west side and at Cannin ...
Ltd * 1873(pre) Joseph Spencer Watson * 1889 W J Jolly * 1890 H H Mackenzie/Mackenzie, MacAlpine & Co. The only known surviving vessel built at the yard is SS ''Robin'', a 300-ton steam-powered coaster which is part of the
National Historic Fleet The National Historic Fleet is a list of historic ships and vessels located in the United Kingdom, under the National Historic Ships register. National Historic Ships UK is an advisory body which advises the Secretary of State for Culture, Media a ...
and the last of her type still in existence. She was built at Orchard House Yard in 1890 by Mackenzie and is currently located a short distance away in the
Royal Victoria Dock The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. History Although, the structure was in place in the year 1850, it was opened in 1855, on a previously uninhabit ...
.


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Orchard House - an account dating from 1935 by Charles Lammin''Leamouth Road and Orchard Place: Historical development'', Survey of London: volumes 43 and 44: Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994), pp. 646-655


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Canals of the United Kingdom The canals of the United Kingdom are a major part of the network of inland waterways in the United Kingdom. They have a varied history, from use for irrigation and transport, through becoming the focus of the Industrial Revolution, to today's ro ...
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History of the British canal system History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets History of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Shipbuilding in London Districts of London on the River Thames Port of London {{UK-canal-stub