Poplar Dock Marina
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Poplar Dock Marina
Image: © Marathon Taken: 1 Feb 2023
Poplar Dock was London's first railway dock when it opened in 1851. The site was first developed by the West India Dock Company in 1827–8 as reservoirs. They were converted into a timber pond in 1844 and in 1850–1 into a railway dock, following the transfer of the land to the East and West India Docks & Birmingham Junction Railway Company (later the North London Railway Company). The dock, used for coal and export goods traffic, was extended to the west in 1875–7 to provide depots for other railway companies. Operations at Poplar Dock ceased in 1981, following closure of the India and Millwall Docks, and British Rail sold the site to the London Docklands Development Corporation in 1982–3. A full history can be seen at www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp336-341 In this photograph, the O2 Arena can just be glimpsed through the gap in the centre.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.505165
Longitude
-0.008562