Orchard House Yard was an English shipbuilding yard located at Leamouth, on the River Lea at Bow Creek. The SS Robin, a 300-tonne steam-powered coaster which is part of the National Historic Fleet, Core Collection and the last of its type still in existence, was built at Orchard House Yard in 1890, and is currently moored a short distance away at West India Quay in London Docklands.
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