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	OPSI - UK Legislation
		London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Railway).
		London and Birmingham Railway (Weedon and Northampton Branch).
		7 excl.- City of London (Various Powers) 1920 (c.xxvii), s.10.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /chron-tables/local/chron035.htm (1353 words)

	London - Blackwall
		The London and Blackwall Railway began life as the Commercial Railway (Commercial Rd) but changed name when the line was allowed into Fenchurch St, it was more commonly known as the fourpenny rope due to its 4d fare.
		Two steam winding engines at either end one by the Blackwall terminus and the other at Minories a short distance east of Fechurch St station were the power source of the railway they pulled a 7 mile long rope, 5.75" in diameter and ran on 5' gauge tracks.
		From her on the line was doomed and was converted to standard gauge and the rope hauled railway ceased in 1849.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/rail/incline/lonbla.htm (443 words)

	London, Tilbury and Southend Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name also refers to the British railway company which originally built the line in 1854, which was a joint venture between the London and Blackwall Railway and the Eastern Counties Railway.
		The line was known for its use of 4-4-2 tank engines which were later displaced by 2-6-4Ts after it had been absorbed into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1923.
		In 1912 the railway was bought by the Midland Railway (MR) from under the noses of the Great Eastern Railway (GER).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London,_Tilbury_and_Southend_Railway (704 words)

	London and Blackwall Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Originally called the Commercial Railway, this railway line ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, in east London, England.
		A disused bridge (right) of the London and Blackwall extension railway over Commercial Road.
		It was authorised by an Act of Parliament entitled "An Act for making a Railway from the Minories to Blackwall, with Branches, to be called "The Commercial Railway"" dated 28 July 1836 in the reign of William IV.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_and_Blackwall_Railway (199 words)

	Great Canals of the World.
		The canals being in the possession of a railway company which reaches the same points between Sheffield and the coast, there is consequently no competition on rates of traffic between the two.
		Of forty-one ports of some importance, twenty-eight are connected with railways and provided with all the appliances necessary to expedite the transshipment of merchandise from boats to cars and vice versa.
		An essential condition of the transfer was that the purchaser should maintain the navigation and not vary the tolls except with the assent of the lord lieutenant of Ireland.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/part5.htm (15533 words)

	Victorian London - Thames - Docks - Character of
		East and West India Docks are situated at Blackwall between the West India Dock and Blackwall stations of the London and Blackwall Railway.
		THE Docks of London are entirely the growth of the present century, and the result of the vast increase in the commerce of the preceding 25 years, which was as great as in the first 70 years of the century : a hundred years since, London had not one- twentieth of its present trade.
		On the western side of the junction dock is the station of the new railway which runs through the docks by Millwall to North Woolwich, whence a ferry connects with Greenwich, a much shorter and pleasanter route from many parts of London than the old railway from London Bridge.
	www.victorianlondon.org /thames/docks.htm (4009 words)

	london history, tower hamlets, east end history, DLR, London and Blackwall Railway, Victorian London, Fenchurch Street
		The London and Blackwall Railway was the company covering most of the East End in early Victorian times, but its lines into the City terminated at the Minories.
		London - or London England if you prefer - is one of the most culturally and historically exciting places on the planet.
		In fact the East End of London has a history dating back to Roman times, and there are archaeological remains to prove it.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /railways.htm (874 words)

	Ongar Railway
		In 1874/75 the GER built a new London terminus at Liverpool Street and from then on, the majority of trains from Ongar and Epping ran into this new terminus, although Fenchurch Street continued to be used, especially during peak hours.
		However in 1923 the GER was absorbed into the newly created London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and, in the years which followed, development of these towns along the railway gained momentum and created an increasing burden on the steam hauled services of the branch.
		The railway was not extended to Epping and Ongar until 1865, by which time the ECR had been absorbed into the Great Eastern Railway.
	www.londonrailways.net /ongar.htm (713 words)

	GENUKI: Limehouse History
		It is approached from London by the Commercial-road, and is traversed by the Blackwall railway, the Regent's canal, and Lea Cut.
		It is a station on the London and Blackwall railway.
		LIMEHOUSE, a parish and suburb of London, in the Tower division of the hundred of Ossulstone, county Middlesex, 3 miles E. of St. Paul's, London.
	homepages.gold.ac.uk /genuki/MDX/Limehouse/LimehouseHistory.html (316 words)

	Chapter Six Part 1 - the Coy Family of Gravesend, Kent
		Passengers left London by the London and Blackwall railway, which was cable operated, and thence to Gravesend (Town Pier or Terrace Pier) by paddle boat.
		With the coming of the steam age, Gravesend had become a popular resort and visitors from London travelled to the Pleasure Gardens in Rosherville (opened in 1815) by steam pleasure boat and later by the trains on the railway built in 1849.
		With Gravesend being the gateway to the port of London, river pilots were required to take ships from London out to the sea, and to navigate their passage up from the open estuary along the narrowing River Thames.
	uk.geocities.com /suec_78/chapter6part1.htm (2126 words)

	Stepney Folk:William Quekkett 1829
		There were to be no state schools until 1870 but he, realising the importance of education, opened schools under the arches of the London and Blackwall Railway viaduct.
		An area nearby known as Kings Arms Gardens or 'No Mans Land' was a terrible slum and William Quekket forced the owner to improve the conditions for those who lived there.
	website.lineone.net /~fight/Stepney/quekkett.htm (72 words)

	Railways South East
		The London and Blackwall Railway and its incorporation into the DLR: The Commercial Railway was authorized by an Act of 28 July 1836 to connect Minories with Blackwall: it became the London and Blackwall Railway in 1839 and was mainly constructed on viaduct (much of which is still used by DLR).
		Comment on the variety that was still visible in the area near London on the mainline out of Paddington at the close of the Churchward era, illustrated by members of a collection of photographs received at the NRM.
		Railway Club tour on 12 September 1959 using buffet car train from King's Cross to Cambridge, onwards by DMU to Bartlow, special to Saffron Walden, bus to Audley End (due to failure of German railbus), train to Bishops Stortford, special (in wagons) to Braintree (and back), thence slow to Liverpool Street.
	www.steamindex.com /magrack/rse.htm (13603 words)

	LDDC Completion Booklet - Wapping and Limehouse
		While the general reason given for the demise of London's docks is the introduction of containerisation in the 1960s, the docks in Wapping had become outdated a century earlier with the advent of steam power and the consequent building of ships too large to fit into them.
		London stock brick and slate roofs, both traditional to inner London, were specified by the LDDC.
		In and around Limehouse Basin some of London's most attractive flats and houses add a modern flavour to the area's historic associations, whilst on the riverside warehouses have been converted to much sought after housing.
	www.lddc-history.org.uk /wapping (5410 words)

	modern development
		The railway was promoted jointly by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) and the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR).
		However, it should be said that it is important for the country as a whole that London should have a good orbital road, and that the range of reasonable lines for the road would all have affected Frank's Cottages.
		The Midland railway map (or ‘Distance Diagram’ in Midland parlance) states that there was a siding for the ‘Upminster Brick Coy’ at the station, but does not indicate exactly where it was.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~kelsey/cranch13.htm (6517 words)

	Railway Archive Issue No. 1
		Railways South East The Album page 67 has photograph by "A. Pouteau of London and Blackwall Railway locomotive at North Greenwich.
		Metropolitan Railway F class 0-6-2T No. 90 at Northwood on freight: train includes ventilated wagon: see letter from Steve Sykes (2-46) which states vehicle is a fish van.
		Further letters in Issue 3-80: John Quick states that third vehicle is Diagram 51 5-ton fish van and T.
	www.steamindex.com /archive/rly1.htm (1007 words)

	History
		The station was opened by the London and Blackwall Railway (later the Great Eastern Railway) on 20 July 1841.
		It was designed by George Berkley, engineer of the London and Blackwall Railway.
		Fenchurch Street was the first station to be located within the City of London.
	www.networkrail.co.uk /Stations/stations/FenchurchStreet/History.aspx (207 words)

	Meet Brother Gregory
		It was immediately put into use by the London and Blackwall Railway, and Wheatstone took out a patent.
		He got on a train at Slough and was heading for London, where he might vanish into the large city.
		A description of Tawell was sent by Wheatstone's telegraph to the London police who were waiting at the station.
	www.brooklyn.cuny.edu /bc/ahp/MBG/MBG5/Telegraph.html (790 words)

	Fenchurch Street Station, London EC3: tourist information from TourUK
		The first railway inside the walls of the City of London was the London and Blackwall Railway, founded in 1836 to compete with the river traffic of the Thames.
		The London to Blackwall trains used Platform 1, while the trains for Tilbury and the Great Eastern Railway departed from the other platforms.
		This station also served the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTandS) and the Eastern Counties Railway, later the Great Eastern.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_stations/fenchurchstreet_station1.htm (260 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: London's East End - Mystery of the Charlie Brown Roundabout
		The London and Blackwall railway ran passed the back of the original pub, then in 1989 the Docklands Light Railway Station at Westferry was built and the Commercial Road extended, so the pub was knocked down.
		The answer goes back to one of the most famous public houses in London's East End.
		Following his death, aged 73 in June 1932 Charlie, the 'uncrowned king of Limehouse' lay in state in his pub and his funeral procession was one of the biggest the East End had ever seen with 16,000 people gathered at Bow Cemetery.
	www.britannia.com /travel/london/cockney/cbrown.html (508 words)

	Fenchurch_Street_railway_station
		The station, designed by George Berkeley, was the first to be constructed inside the City, and was opened in April 1854 for the London and Blackwall Railway replacing a nearby terminus at Minories opened in July 1841 and designed by William Tite.
		Fenchurch Street is a railway station in the south eastern corner of the City of London close by the Tower of London and two miles (3.2 km) east of Charing Cross.
		Uniquely for a rail terminus in central London, it does not have a direct link to the London Underground, but it is close to Tower Hill tube station, Tower Gateway DLR station and Aldgate tube station.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Fenchurch_Street_railway_station (395 words)

	London hotels, hotels near Fenchurch Station
		Fenchurch Street was built in 1854 for London and Blackwall Railway and was the first station to be built in the City.
		It was built to accommodate the trains of the London Tilbury and Southend Railway, as well as those of the London and Blackwall Railway.
		The present building is the second, replacing the smaller original terminus which stood in the Minories.
	www.website-directory.co.uk /mainlinerail/fenchurch.htm (120 words)

	CULG - Docklands Light Railway
		London has been a port since at least Roman times, and by the 19th century ships loading and unloading at the London docks along the Thames formed a major part of the economy.
		The Stratford branch runs in cutting along the North London Railway alignment to Bow Church, where it merges from double to single then climbs steeply to meet the link between the National Rail LTSR and Great Eastern routes (this link was the first extension of the LandBR).
		Finally, a fourth extension is under construction from Canning Town to London City Airport and the south side of the King George V dock.
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/dockland.html (2706 words)

	Untitled
		In April 1861 (Census) the family were living at 7, Anns Terrace, Stepney, in the Parish of St. Ann's, Limehouse, Middlesex on the north bank of the Thames, close to the Limehouse Cut, with the Regents Canal and the London and Blackwall railway line nearby.
		The London to Grenwich railway line from London Bridge station was built in 1833-1836, with the extension towards Charing Cross being opened in 1864.
		The introduction of iron hulls saw the decline of the London yards, which by 1838 had begun to be used for breaking ships as well as building them.
	thehenryline.freeservers.com /contact.html (1312 words)

	Contents: Pictures
		Print of viaduct on the London and Blackwall Railway, taken from the "Illustrated London News," 15 November 1851.
		Detail from the Panorama of London, Westminster and Southwark by Anthony Van de Wyngaerde, showing the Thames, the Tower of London and the borough as open country.
		Illustration from Lyson's Environs of London, published 1791, showing the gateway to a large mansion that stood on Stepney Green.
	www.mernick.co.uk /thhol/illustrations.html (837 words)

	CAST1339.txt
		The first use of the one needle telegraph was on the Blackwall Railway in London in 1841, but an occurrence on the Great Western Railway showed the usefulness of the telegraph to the general public in Britain.
		Many of them were caught by use of the new telegraph by the police sending a message to the next station, alerting police to be waiting for them at the barrier of the next station.
		Pickpockets were a serious nuisance during the early days of the railways.
	www.users.bigpond.com /ctdavies/CAST1339.txt (1403 words)

	Casebook: Jack the Ripper - My Funny Valentine
		There were at that time three dismal passages running beneath the railway connecting Chamber Street with Royal Mint Street (formerly Rosemary Lane) and its continuance Cable Street, so called after the form of traction employed by the London and Blackwall Railway in 1840.
		Meanwhile travelers on today's Docklands Light Railway are blissfully unaware that they are passing over the scene of perhaps the last Ripper murder, at least according to Inspector Edmund Reid, one of the investigating officers on the ground.
		Leeson recalled that the railway arch in which the body was found ran under the GER goods yard and extended for about 50 yards into Royal Mint Street, coming out just opposite the Royal Mint Refinery.
	www.casebook.org /dissertations/rip-valentine.html (2212 words)

	ACW's Insulator Info - Book Reference Info - Timeline of Related Developments
		Charles Wheatstone and William Fothergill Cooke developed the ideas of Gauss and Weber, and installed the first practical needle telegraph in England, on the London and Blackwall Railway.
		Bell attented the Royal High School and later was educated in London University, where he received his L.L.D. and Ph.D. He, too, became a speech teacher, and through his work met Mabel Hubbard, a student who later became his wife.
		Sir Thomas Brown (Browne) was born in London, England, on November 19, 1605.
	www.myinsulators.com /acw/bookref/timeline-rel-devel.html (12326 words)

	Thames Path Online Guide - leading independent guide to the Thames : Town - Blackwall, London
		Survey of London: Poplar, Blackwall and the Isle of Dogs, the Parish of All Saints v.
		London Docklands Guide: A Gazetteer to Points of Historical and Architectural Interest in St. Katherine's, Wapping, Shadwell, Ratcliff, Limehouse, Poplar, Blackwall, Isle of Dogs, Silvertown, North Woolwich, Beckton, Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
		Thames Path Online Guide - leading independent guide to the Thames : Town - Blackwall, London
	www.lamirezo.com /town_detail.php?town_ref=20040801100172TWN (1353 words)

	Docklands Light Railway - Stations - Blackwall
		Blackwall station connects with local bus number 15.
		Tour East London - Guide to East London, covering shopping, markets, eating, transport, art, heritage, festivals, walks, sailing, accommodation and much more.
		For more information connect to the London Buses website.
	www.tfl.gov.uk /dlr/stations/blackwall.shtml (82 words)

	Catalog Report
		VG History of the London and Blackwall Railway and its successors.
		VG Account of the development of railways in the Sheffield/Rotherham/Doncaster areas to cope with the expansion of the Coalfield in the late 19th - early 20th centuries - especially the Great Central, Midland, NER and Hull and Barnsley.
		VG Interesting account of 1940s railway operating practice in the UK - the Author was a senior manager with the LNER in Scotland and the book tends to reflect LNER practice.
	www.martinbott.com /LNER.htm (5744 words)

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