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maps of the 1860s show the yard occupying a large triangular site in a right-angled bend on the east bank of Bow Creek with the railway to Thames Wharf on the third side, and with a smaller site on the west bank. The main yard had a quay 1,050 feet (320m) long. To the south-east the yard occupied the
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was performed on the Canning Town side of the Lea, and this is where the Thames Ironworks expanded from less than 10 acres (4.0 ha) in 1856 to 30 acres (12 ha) by 1891. While the old site at Orchard Place was still the company's official address until 1909, its presence there was minimal,
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While the media and the general football world commonly refer to the club as The Hammers, the club's own supporters have always referred to their team as 'The Irons', which again comes from the link with Thames Ironworks. The chant 'Come on you Irons' is heard on every match day at West Ham.
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Thomas Ditchburn retired in 1847 and the business was carried on by Charles Mare, under the name of C.J. Mare and Company. He was joined by naval architect James Ash, who later began his own shipyard at
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General shipbuilding on the Thames came under great pressure due to the cost advantages of northern yards with closer supplies of coal and iron, and many yards closed following the
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became the managing director. He had originally joined the board of directors in 1880 at the age of 23. Hills was one of the first business directors voluntarily to introduce an
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moved to keep the company in operation, and two employees, Joseph Westwood and Robert Baillie were appointed works managers. The main figure in saving the company was
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The shape of the 16th evolution of the club badge, launched after club moved to the Olympic Stadium in 2016, is a representation of the cross-section of the bow of
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at the mouth of the River Lea, the Orchard Place site was limited to the construction of vessels of less than 1,000 tons. In 1853 the company launched the
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and the London League. As a result of the committee's desire to employ professional players, the Thames Ironworks F.C. was wound up in June 1900 and
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Ditchburn and Mare were among the first builders of iron ships in the area; their partnership commenced with the construction of small
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north bank of the Thames east of Bow Creek, with two slips giving direct access to the main river. Today the site is crossed by the
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In the 1890s the yard built two of the six British-built battleships that formed the main Japanese battle line in the
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The premises of the Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, Greenwich, were subsequently acquired in 1915, by the
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The firm did well and within a few years occupied three sites covering an area of over 14 acres (5.7 ha).
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In 1855, the company which by now had more than 3000 employees, was threatened with closure following Mare's
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vessels and by 1840 were building ships of more than 300 tons. The company's early customers included the
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During its lifetime the yard produced 144 warships and numerous other vessels. In 1911 Hills petitioned
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Rolt and Spencer-Churchill entered a further consortium led by Churchward, an entrepreneur from Dover:
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was the largest, fastest, most heavily armed and most heavily armoured warship in the world.
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for his workers at a time when 10- and 12-hour shifts were more common in industrial work.
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in 1898 was marred by an accident when several observers died following a bridge collapse.
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The company originated in 1837 as the Ditchburn and Mare Shipbuilding Company, founded by
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By 1863 the company had the capacity to build 25,000 tons of warships and 10,000 tons of
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The new company was the largest shipbuilder on the Thames, its premises described by the
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of £5000 each, five of which were held by Rolt who was the main shareholder and also
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Hostettler, Eve (1986). "Ship building and related industries on the Isle of Dogs".
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for Portugal in 1884. A multitude of mostly small warships were also built for the
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shipbuilding family. He was supported in the venture by another company director,
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Rolt took control of the company's assets and in 1857 transferred them to a new
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by the late 1860s the company having only a 5 acres (2.0 ha) site there.
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that could construct vessels of 4,000 tons; because of the narrowness of the
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followed in 1863, 400 feet (120 m) long and 10,690 tons displacement.
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In 1895 Hills helped to set up a football club for the Works' employees,
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The Battleship Builders – Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships
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In this period the company was also awarded several contracts by the
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in 1899 as the Thames Iron Works, Shipbuilding and Engineering Co.
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From 1847 the company grew considerably and Mare purchased land in
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Warships being built at the eastern site in or slightly before 1902
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Crossrail dig uncovers historic Limmo Peninsula shipyard remains
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Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd.
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of between 50 and 100 tons, before progressing to cross-
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Leamouth Road and Orchard Place: Historical development
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and within their first two years they had entered the
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in the 1850s, and the world's first all-iron warship,
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Index

Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company
Shipbuilding
London

shipyard
iron works
Bow Creek
River Thames
Leamouth Wharf
Blackwall
Canning Town
shipbuilding
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Royal Albert Bridge
Tamar
HMS Warrior
shipwright
Thomas J. Ditchburn
naval architect
Charles John Mare
Deptford
Orchard Place
East India Dock Basin
Bow Creek
Blackwall
paddle steamers
Channel
Iron Steamboat Company
Blackwall Railway Company
Gravesend

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