Variable high tides
March 30th 1874
Joseph Giles - Warden
SE10, High Bridge Wharf, Trinity Hospital
Reading left to right these plaques are: Tide - 1874, Wall - 1817, Tide - 1928. We think the organisation for which the Wardens worked is probably Trinity House. The BBC has a good page about London floodings.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
High Tide - 1874
From Environment Agency: “In 1874, the tide in the Thames rose 4 feet 3½ inc...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
High Tide - 1874
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
High Tide - 1874
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