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)
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Description

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.

Content

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

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Mid 20th Century Prefabricated House, Wharf