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The Captain Kidd pub is situated at 108 Wapping High Street, [1] next door to the Marine Police Force headquarters. [2] The building originates in the 19th century as a three-storey brick house, and was remodelled in the Edwardian era. To the rear of the building, there is a former workshop that goes out to a wharf. [3]
Despite later changes, the pub has a distinctive atmosphere. Crammed into a small rectangular area between Wapping Old Stairs and Oliver's Wharf, its fight for space is reflected in the long narrow shapes of the pub's main bar. Walking out onto the pub's riverside terrace, the visitor is confronted by the dramatic sight of narrow steps leading ...
The area's strong maritime associations changed radically in the 19th century when the London Docks were built to the north and west of the High Street. Wapping's population plummeted by nearly 60% during that century, with many houses destroyed by the construction of the docks and giant warehouses along the riverfront.
The pub underwent a renovation in 1951 to double the interior space. [11] In January 1953, the pub was raided by armed robbers. [12] The pub has been visited by Princess Margaret and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. [13] On the opposite side of the road (Wapping Wall) is the former Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, later an arts centre and restaurant.
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Ingredients. 1 burger bun. 1/3 oz butter. 7 oz fresh ground Wagyu beef, formed into a patty. 3 slices fresh tomato. 2 pieces of Gem lettuce. 3 sweet pickles, sliced
Execution Dock was a site on the River Thames near the shoreline at Wapping, London, that was used for more than 400 years to execute pirates, smugglers and mutineers who had been sentenced to death by Admiralty courts. The "dock" consisted of a scaffold for hanging. Its last executions were in 1830.
An Alabama woman "is recuperating well" after undergoing a pig kidney transplant in New York City, per reports. Towana Looney, 53, underwent surgery using the organ from a genetically manipulated ...