 Looking west towards Canary Wharf: note in mid-ground the pile of rubbish millenimum dome The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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One Canada Square seen from inside the adjacent shopping centre (2003) HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf is a large business development in London, located on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks...
The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock. ...
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The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ...
History
Opened in 1855 on a previously uninhabited area of the Plaistow Marshes, it was the first of the Royal Docks and the first London dock to be designed specifically to accommodate large steam ships. It was also the first to use hydraulic power to operate its machinery and the first to be connected to the national railway network via what is now the North London Line. It consisted of a main dock and a basin to the west, providing an entrance to the Thames on the western side of the complex. The dock was deeply indented with four solid piers, each 152 m long by 43 m wide, on which were constructed two-storey warehouses. Other warehouses, granaries, shed and storage buildings surrounded the dock, which had a total of 3.6 km of quays. Year 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The North London Line is a railway line through northern London. ...
The dock was an immediate commercial success, as it could easily accommodate all but the very largest steamships. By 1860, it was already taking over 850,000 tons of shipping a year - double that of the London Docks, four times that of St Katharine Docks and 70% more than the West India Dock and East India Docks combined. It was badly damaged by German bombing in World War II but experienced a resurgence in trade following the war. However, from the 1960s onwards, the Royal Victoria experienced a steady decline - as did all of London's other docks - as the shipping industry adopted containerization, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury. It finally closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in 1980. 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
London Docks in 1831. ...
St Katharine Docks were one of the commercial docks serving London, on the north side of the river Thames just east (downstream) of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. ...
The West India Docks are a series of docks on the Isle of Dogs in London. ...
The East India Docks is a small group of Docks in the Blackwall area of East London, just north of the Isle of Dogs. ...
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The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...
Shipping containers at a terminal in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey. ...
Tilbury is located on the north bank of the River Thames, in the borough of Thurrock in England, at the point where the river suddenly narrows to about 800 yards/740 metres in width. ...
Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Dock Today The Royal Victoria Dock has since experienced major redevelopment under the London Docklands Development Corporation. The dock itself still exists and is accessible to ships, although its western entrance has been filled in and it is now used chiefly for watersports. Its transport links have been greatly improved with new roads and Docklands Light Railway lines running along both its north and south side. Most of the original warehouses have been demolished but the historic 19th century K-S and W Warehouses - both listed buildings - have survived. These buildings along with the Spillers Mill were used as the backdrop for a spectacular show by the acclaimed French Musician, Jean Michel Jarre on the 8th and 9th October 1988. An estimated one million people braved the elements to watch the fireworks, projections, lasers and lights (including WWII searchlights) and listen to the music of Jarre including Oxygene IV, Magnetic Fields and tracks from the album, Revolutions. The dock is dominated by the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, constructed on the north quayside and opened in November 2000, and by the adjacent high level Royal Victoria Dock Bridge. The waterside location of ExCel is used to advantage when it hosts the annual London Boat Show, with visiting vessels moored alongside the exhibition centre. On the south side of the Dock is Britannia Village. This award winning development, which included the high level footbridge, was commissioned by LDDC and carried out by Wimpey Homes, the Peabody Trust and the East Thames Housing Group between 1994 and the end of the decade. Phase II of the project was left to the LDDC’s successors. This was a development around the Pontoon Dock to include a village centre with mixed development of business, retail and leisure facilities and up to 700 new homes. Now the responsibility of the London Development Agency, this development is now known as Silvertown Quays and includes proposals to refurbish the remaining mills along the waterfront for new uses and an aquarium. Britannia Village has is own Community Foundation Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2235x1161, 494 KB) Summary Description: The Millennium Dome and Canary Wharf from the Royal Victoria Dock. ...
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One Canada Square seen from inside the adjacent shopping centre (2003) HSBC Tower (left), One Canada Square (centre), Citigroup Centre (right) Canary Wharf is a large business development in London, located on the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks...
The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango set up in 1981 to regenerate the Docklands area of east London. ...
London Transport Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Jarre and Hank Marvin at the Docklands Destination Docklands was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the Royal Victoria Docks, Docklands, London on October 8 and October 9, 1988. ...
Jean-Michel André Jarre (born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a French composer, performer and music producer. ...
Oxygene is an album of instrumental electronic music composed and produced by Jean Michel Jarre, and released in 1976 (see 1976 in music) on Disques Dreyfus, licensed to Polydor. ...
The name Magnetic Fields has been used by: A 1981 album by Jean Michel Jarre; see Magnetic Fields (album) (Les Chants Magnetiques) A computer game developer; see Magnetic Fields (computer game developer) The Magnetic Fields, a band led by Stephin Merritt For magnetic fields in general, see magnetic field. ...
Revolutions is the eighth album by Jean-Michel Jarre, and released in 1988 on A&M Records. ...
ExCel Exhibition Centre The ExCeL Exhibition Centre is a large purpose built exhibition centre situated in the Royal Docks area of Londons redeveloped Docklands, at grid reference TQ408807. ...
2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level foot bridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London. ...
Power boats at the London Boat Show. ...
The London Development Agency is an agency of the Greater London Authority that is responsible for development in Greater London. ...
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London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. ...
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