Blackwall: Blackwall Basin
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Blackwall: Blackwall Basin
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 6 Sep 2018
Blackwall Basin was formerly known as the West India Docks Basin. It was built between 1800 and 1802 to the designs of the engineer William Jessop, and was the first non-tidal basin in the Port of London. The surviving original quay walls and their coping stones are a Grade I Listed structure.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.504306
Longitude
-0.010905