Описание: 4 May 2016. "Shadwell Basin Looking West", by Sarah McMenemy. Panels on the platforms of Shadwell Station, London Overground. Sarah McMenemy is one of the artists commissioned by London Underground to create permanent panels to line the platforms on the former East London Line. (Now part of London Overground.) . The water shown in the illustration is not the River Thames but - adjacent to it - Shadwell Basin. Two "photosphere" 360 degree panoramas show what it looked like in May 2014. by Happening London and by Krzysztof Jurek. The basin has an Outdoor Activity Centre and I guess the sailing boats may have been theirs. The southern boundary of Shadwell is the north bank of the River Thames. Much of it's history is bound-up with the river, with the former London Docks, and seatrade. Some examples: St Paul's Church Shadwell is also known as the church of the sea captains as seventy-five captains are buried in the churchyard. The name Shadwell probably comes from an Anglo Saxon word for shallow creek or bay. (Read more with the Wikipedia link listed below.) Archaeological remains have been found of a Roman port. _____________________________________ § Website of Sarah McMenemy. § Wikipedia entry for Shadwell Basin. § Wikipedia entry for Shadwell. § Website for Shadwell Basin Outdoor Activity Centre § More seafaring history background: Jane Randolph (February 9, 1720-March 31, 1776) was the mother of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. According to the Jefferson family bible, she was born on 9 February 1720 in Shadwell parish, Tower Hamlets, London. The parish register of St. Paul's, Upper Shadwell, notes her baptism on 20 February 1720 as the daughter of Isham Randolph (1687-1742), "mariner" of Shakespeare's Walk [...] and Jane Rogers (1698-1760). The Randolphs left London for Virginia shortly thereafter and were in the colony by October 1725 [...] . (Source: Monticello website.) § Flickr photo-set by Jonathan Barker showing derelict Shadwell Basin and dock gates to the Thames & area in 1974 & subsequent development. § Google StreetView entrance to the Outdoor Activity Centre. § The Docklands History Group. A group for the study of the Port of London and the tidal River Thames. [Links Okay 8 December 2016]
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