Greenland Dock (via lock system historically)
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Greenland Dock is one of London’s historic former commercial docks on the River Thames, now largely redeveloped as part of the Surrey Quays/Canada Water area.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Greenland Dock | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of water
ⓘ
former commercial dock ⓘ marina ⓘ |
| access | pedestrian paths and residential quaysides ⓘ |
| borough | London Borough of Southwark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureAsCommercialDock | 20th century ⓘ |
| connectedBy | lock system to the River Thames ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| damagedDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentArea |
Greenland Pier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia Dock Woodland NERFINISHED ⓘ South Dock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
entrance lock
ⓘ
inner basins ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | historic dock basin retained in urban redevelopment ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
general cargo handling
ⓘ
timber import ⓘ whaling ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Thames
ⓘ
surface form:
River Thames
|
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Rotherhithe NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Howland family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Canada Water station
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surrey Quays station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the oldest of London’s wet docks
ⓘ
surviving largely intact in plan despite redevelopment ⓘ |
| opened | 1690s ⓘ |
| operatorHistorical | Port of London Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Howland Great Wet Dock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canada Water area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surrey Quays NERFINISHED ⓘ former Surrey Commercial Docks ⓘ |
| partOfRedevelopmentScheme | Surrey Quays redevelopment ⓘ |
| redevelopedAs |
leisure marina
ⓘ
residential area ⓘ |
| redevelopmentPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| renamed | Greenland Dock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| renamedAfter | Greenland whaling trade ⓘ |
| renamedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| shape | elongated rectangular basin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreational boating
ⓘ
residential moorings ⓘ watersports ⓘ |
| waterType | tidally influenced impounded water via lock ⓘ |
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