West India Docks

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dock complex former commercial docks historical site

West India Docks is a historic dock complex on the Isle of Dogs in London that was once one of the world’s busiest commercial docks and is now largely redeveloped as part of the Canary Wharf financial district.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
West India Docks canonical 7
North Dock, West India Docks 2
West India Dock Company 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dock complex ⓘ
former commercial docks ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
architecturalStyle early 19th-century industrial architecture ⓘ
associatedWith British Empire ⓘ
London Docklands ⓘ
closurePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
connectedBy West India Quay ⓘ
constructionStart 1800 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse leisure and tourism ⓘ
offices ⓘ
residential ⓘ
retail ⓘ
designedBy Ralph Walker ⓘ
William Jessop ⓘ
developedFor City of London merchants ⓘ
surface form: West India merchants
hasComponent Export Dock ⓘ
Import Dock ⓘ
South Dock ⓘ
hasStructure basins ⓘ
quays ⓘ
warehouse blocks ⓘ
heritage some original dock buildings preserved ⓘ
historicalSignificance major centre of British colonial trade ⓘ
one of the world’s busiest commercial docks in the 19th century ⓘ
laterOwner Port of London ⓘ
surface form: Port of London Authority
locatedIn East London ⓘ
Isle of Dogs ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
near Canary Wharf tube station ⓘ
surface form: Canary Wharf Underground station

West India Quay DLR station ⓘ
opened 1802 ⓘ
ownerAtOpening West India Docks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West India Dock Company
partOf Canary Wharf ⓘ
Port of London ⓘ
primaryCargo coffee ⓘ
rum ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
timber ⓘ
primaryTrade West Indies trade ⓘ
redevelopedAs Canary Wharf ⓘ
surface form: Canary Wharf financial district
redevelopmentPeriod 1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
status largely closed to commercial shipping ⓘ
transportRole integral part of London Docklands transport and logistics in the 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canary Wharf → locatedOn → West India Docks ⓘ
Canary Wharf → formerUse → West India Docks ⓘ
William Jessop → notableWork → West India Docks ⓘ
William Jessop → employer → West India Docks ⓘ
this entity surface form: West India Dock Company
North Dock → partOf → West India Docks ⓘ
South Dock → connectedTo → West India Docks ⓘ
South Dock → connectedTo → West India Docks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Millwall Dock
Crossrail Place → locatedOn → West India Docks ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Dock, West India Docks
Baltimore Tower → overlooks → West India Docks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Millwall Inner Dock
West India Docks → ownerAtOpening → West India Docks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West India Dock Company
West India Quay DLR station → locatedNear → West India Docks ⓘ
Citigroup Centre → nearbyWaterbody → West India Docks ⓘ
Cabot Square → near → West India Docks ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Dock, West India Docks