East India Docks, London

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East India Docks, London were a major 19th-century commercial dock complex in the East End of London, central to the British East India trade and the city’s maritime expansion.

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Surface form Occurrences
East India Dock Company 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dock complex
former dock
category Port of London history
former docks in London
closureReason containerisation and shift of port downstream
connectedTo River Thames via entrance lock
constructedFor British East India trade
East India Company NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
currentUse East India Dock Basin nature reserve
commercial development
partly filled in
declinePeriod 20th century
designedFor ocean-going sailing ships
handledCargo indigo
rice
saltpetre
silk
spices
tea
textiles
hasFeature dock gates
enclosed wet docks
quays
warehouses
hasStructure Export Dock
Import Dock
basin
heritageStatus remains incorporated into local nature reserve
historicalSignificance central to British East India trade
important in London’s maritime expansion
laterOperatedBy Port of London
surface form: Port of London Authority
locatedIn Blackwall
East End of London
England
London, England
surface form: London

London Borough of Tower Hamlets NERFINISHED
Port of London NERFINISHED
River Thames NERFINISHED
mergedInto London and India Docks Company NERFINISHED
namedAfter East India trade
nearbyTransport East India DLR station
openedInCentury 19th century
openingDate 1806
operatedBy East India Docks, London self-linksurface differs
surface form: East India Dock Company
partOf London Docklands
surface form: London docklands

Port of London
surface form: Port of London dock system
primaryFunction commercial docks
import of goods from Asia

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John Rennie the Elder designed East India Docks, London
John Rennie the Elder notableWork East India Docks, London
East India Docks, London operatedBy East India Docks, London self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: East India Dock Company