Three crane symmetry at sunset - London Docklands - seen under construction in the 1980s

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The New Docklands of Thatcher's Britain takes shape in the late 1980s. I captured this vista at sunset from a moving train on the then new Docklands Light Railway. Taken using a Soviet made Zenith TTL SLR camera.

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Size: 3000px × 2013px
Location: Canary Wharf, Docklands, London, UK
Photo credit: © Chris McKee / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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