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1874 flood

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From Environment Agency:  “In 1874, the tide in the Thames rose 4 feet 3½ inches above Trinity mark, and inundated the south bank of the river along Lambeth, Bankside, and Rotherhithe, and even as far as Woolwich, causing a considerable loss of property and at least one life.”

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1874 flood

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High Tide - 1874

Variable high tides March 30th 1874 Joseph Giles - Warden 

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