Blackfriars Bridge and Bankside 20th century Frame:gold The working wooden crane is

The working wooden crane is the focal point of this busy yard where a magnetic pulley can lift the shipping containers from ship to dock to lorry and back again

as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female

some on specially erected stands

Suffragettes campaigning in South St Pancras during the General Election

witch-doctors and sex workers

Blackfriars Bridge and Bankside 20th century Frame:gold The working wooden crane isBlackfriars Bridge and Bankside. George Davison Reid photographed this riverside scene that includes Blackfriars Bridge and the old Bankside Power Station. A power station built by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott replaced this one in 1941. At the end of the 20th century, the disused site became home to the Tate Modern art gallery.