London Docks

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dock complex former port facility

London Docks were a major 19th-century commercial dock complex in east London that played a key role in the city's maritime trade and industrial expansion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
London Docks canonical	2
London Dock Company	1
London and St Katharine Dock Company	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dock complex ⓘ former port facility ⓘ
area	about 90 acres ⓘ
closedFor	commercial shipping ⓘ
closureDate	1960s ⓘ
connectedTo	Thames via entrance locks ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1799 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
declinePeriod	20th century ⓘ
designedBy	Daniel Asher Alexander ⓘ John Rennie the Elder ⓘ
handledCargoType	brandy ⓘ ivory ⓘ rice ⓘ silk ⓘ tobacco ⓘ wine ⓘ
hasPart	Eastern Dock ⓘ Shadwell Basin ⓘ Western Dock ⓘ
heritageStatus	some surviving structures are listed buildings ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Georgian era ⓘ
inception	1805 ⓘ
locatedIn	East London ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	London Borough of Tower Hamlets ⓘ
locatedNear	Shadwell ⓘ Stepney ⓘ Wapping ⓘ
locatedNextTo	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
notableFor	secure bonded warehouses ⓘ wine and spirits storage ⓘ
openingDate	1805 ⓘ
operator	London Docks self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: London Dock Company
partOf	Port of London ⓘ
peakPeriod	19th century ⓘ
playedRoleIn	19th-century maritime trade of London ⓘ industrial expansion of London ⓘ
primaryUse	commercial shipping ⓘ warehousing ⓘ
reasonForDecline	containerization of shipping ⓘ shift of port activities downstream ⓘ
securityFeature	controlled access gates ⓘ high surrounding walls ⓘ
subsequentUse	leisure facilities ⓘ offices ⓘ redevelopment for housing ⓘ
transportConnection	linked to city by rail ⓘ linked to city by road ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

John Rennie the Elder → notableWork → London Docks ⓘ

John Rennie the Elder → designed → London Docks ⓘ

London Docks → operator → London Docks self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Dock Company

Tilbury Docks → originalOperator → London Docks ⓘ

this entity surface form: London and St Katharine Dock Company