Men unloading materials for pre-fabricated houses from a barge at Crown Wharf in Canning Town
- Date:
- 1946
- Location:
- Crown Wharf, Canning Town, Newham, Greater London Authority, E16
- Reference:
- P/H00001/006
- Type:
- Photograph (Negative)
The wooden prefabricated houses, based on the Swedish style of housing, were shipped into the areas required and then constructed as part of the Ministry of Works' Temporary Housing Programme to relieve the post war housing shortage between 1944 and 1948.
This is part of the Volume: PSA01/04/H00001 Storage for Swedish Houses, Crown Wharf, Canning Town; within the Sub Series: PSA01/04/H Housing; within the Series: PSA01/04 Negatives; within the Collection: PSA01 Property Services Agency
Source: Historic England Archive
Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House, Wharf
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