4. On the Waterfront
Tasks 4.1

1. Explain what the 'free-water clause' was and why it caused the enclosed docks to lose trade.

2. Pictures A and C show two riverside scenes.

a. What would be the disadvantages in unloading goods at the wharf shown in Picture A compared with an enclosed dock?

b. What other aspects of the riverside does Picture C show us?

3. What extra information about life by the river does Source B give us ?

a. What work did lightermen do?

b. What sort of knowledge of the river' would help the lightermen in their work? How do you think they would use the currents and tides to make their work easier?