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Places of interest in SE1
The most famous wharf of the south side of the Pool of London was Hay's Wharf, first mentioned in 1651 to the east of St Olave's church. For 300 years it grew, until Tooley Street and the surrounding industrial development was nicknamed "London's Larder". The warehouses burned down in a disastrous fire on 22 June 1861. It burned for two weeks and smouldered for 6 months. The chief of the fire brigade, James Braidwood died in the fire. Hay's Wharf was where Ernest Shackleton's ship "The Quest" lay in 1921. This dock was filled in during extensive rebuilding in the 1980s and is now a shopping mall called "Hay's Galleria". The office block attached to it is called "Shackleton House". Nearby, at no 27 is the private London Bridge Hospital.
St Alfege's Church
During the Second World War, parts of the disused tunnels between Borough and the south side of the River Thames were adapted into a large public air raid shelter by Southwark Borough Council. The shelter had six entrances along Borough High Street and opened on 24 June 1940 and closed on 7 May 1945.[2] A plaque at the station records this.
In early October 2006 to December 2007, the station underwent an upgrade as part of London Underground's £10billion upgrade to the whole of the London Underground Network. As part of this, a new lift was installed to provide step-free access to the platforms. The Public Address system was also improved, with new information indicators installed on the platforms and inside the ticket hall. In addition 27 new CCTV cameras were installed in the station bringing the total number to 29.
Bus station
Information by Wikipedia.com
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