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	Royal Docks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock.
		The three docks were built between 1880 and 1921 on riverside marshes in the London borough of Newham.
		The Royal Docks have also seen the development of London City Airport (code LCA), opened in 1988 on the quay between the Royal Albert Dock and the King George V dock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Docks (737 words)

	Docklands - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The first of the Georgian docks was the West India (opened 1802), followed by the London (1805), the East India (also 1805), the Surrey (1807), St Katharine (1828) and the West India South (1829).
		The docks required an army of workers, chiefly lightermen (who carried loads between ships and quays aboard small barges called lighters) and quayside workers, who dealt with the goods once they were ashore.
		London's docks were unable to accommodate the much larger vessels needed by containerization and the shipping industry moved to deep-water ports such as Tilbury and Felixstowe.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Docklands (1715 words)

	King George V dry-dock - PortCities Southampton
		As part of the 1930s Docks Extension Scheme, a new dry-dock was to be built at the western end of the new docks.
		The dock was built with four pumps which could empty the dock of water within four hours.
		King George V is the only dry dock in Southampton that is still in use today.
	www.plimsoll.org /Southampton/TheDocks/WesternDocks/KingGeorgeVDry (287 words)

	Royal Docks -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The three docks were built between 1880 and 1921 on riverside marshes in the London borough of (additional info and facts about Newham) Newham.
		Fortunately for the dock owners, the (additional info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy was able to save the day by connecting the generators of two submarines to power the warehouses' refrigerators.
		The Royal Docks have also seen the development of (additional info and facts about London City Airport) London City Airport (code LCA), opened in 1988 on the quay between the Royal Albert Dock and the King George V dock.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_docks.htm (591 words)

	The Swiftstone Trust,. Past, present, future, on the Thames. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The group were not complete until the King George V Dock opened in 1921, that combined with the Royal Victoria and the Albert to complete the complex which covered some 245 acres and formed the largest area of enclosed dock water in the world.
		The building of the King George V Dock was delayed by the war and the PLA did not complete it until 1921, although smaller than the other two in the group it was designed to take the biggest ships then afloat and in 1939 the P&O liner "Mauritania", at 35,655 tons, entered the dock.
		Docks specialised in different cargoes, rum and hardwood at the West India, wool, sugar and rubber at St. Katharine; spices, tea, coffee, rice, tobacco, wine and brandy at the London Docks; soft wood at Surrey and grains at Millwall.
	www.thames.org.uk /pages/guide1.htm (7191 words)

	King George V Dock - London's docks and shipping - Port Cities
		As the third of the 'Royal' docks, King George V Dock was built to enhance and extend the trade that was passing though the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks.
		As the newest of the docks, King George V was well equipped with electric cranes and mechanical devices to aid the dockers.
		It is to be housed on a disused quay between the King George V Dock and the Royal Albert Dock.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server/show/ConFactFile.71/King-George-V-Dock.html (537 words)

	King George V Dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The King George V Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.
		The major feature of the dock today is London City Airport, whose single runway has been constructed the length of the north side of the dock.
		The rest of the water area of the dock still exists, acting as a buffer zone between the airport runway and the surrounding area.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /London-infrastructure/King-George-V-Dock.html (127 words)

	Royal Victoria Dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Royal Victoria Dock is the largest of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands.
		It consisted of a main dock and a basin to the west, providing an entrance to the Thames on the western side of the complex.
		The dock is dominated by the ExCeL Exhibition Centre, constructed on the north quayside and opened in November 2000, and by the adjacent high level Royal Victoria Dock Bridge.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /London-infrastructure/Royal-Victoria-Dock.html (436 words)

	LDDC Completion Booklet - Royal Docks
		It incorporated a whole range of firsts: it was the first dock to use the new railways, the first designed to take the new iron steamships, and the first to use hydraulic cranes and lifts to raise ships in a pontoon dock.
		In 1981 the Royal Docks and the surrounding areas of North Woolwich and Silvertown were areas of economic and social deprivation, characterised by inadequate and poor social and community facilities.
		First, Royal Victoria Dock was bought from the Port of London Authority in 1983, followed by Royal Albert and King George V Docks in 1986.
	www.lddc-history.org.uk /royals (5891 words)

	London Docklands - Expansion - New Docks
		The Vicloria Dock which was opened in 1855 was significantly different from earlier docks.
		Not to be outdone, the East and West India Dock Company built the Tilbury Dock (1886) 26 miles downstream from London Bridge in the hope that ships would dock there rather than make the long journey up the river.
		The last dock to be built was the King George V Dock which was opened in 1921.
	www.bardaglea.org.uk /docklands/2-new.html (184 words)

	London City Airport - Royal Docks History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The King George V Dock was opened in 1921, completing the Royal group of docks which, as a whole, formed the largest area of impounded water in the world.
		The King George V Dock is. 4,500 ft long, 500-700 f t wide and has some 3 miles of quays.
		Losses in the Royal Docks, excluding interest and central overheads, increased from £4.6m per annum in 1978 to £6.7m per annum in 1981, and in consequence the decision was taken to close the West India and Millwall Docks in 1980.
	www.lcacc.org /history/rdhist.html (1095 words)

	King George V docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It could be fun travelling on a 101 bus from North Woolwich to East Ham when these bridges (this one and the one a little further on for the Royal Albert dock) were opening and closing.
		A ship (Cathay) in King George V dock towards the end of their days.
		The docks were run down for some time before they finally closed.
	www.yellins.com /woolwichferry/thames/kgv.html (102 words)

	Dock gang at the King George V Dock. - - Port Cities
		Dock gang at the King George V Dock.
		The dock gang on the quayside (at number five berth) consists of George Powes, the quay foreman (extreme right), George Carpenter, the gang foreman (right foreground) and then Harry Webb, Bill Adams, Nicki Colley, Johnnie Fenton and Charlie Stepney (left foreground with hand in pocket).
		Shaw Saville used number five berth at King George V along with ten and twelve berths at the nearby Royal Albert Dock for all their colonial import trades.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.4751/Dock-gang-at-the-King-George-V-Dock.html (169 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Association Archives: Fourth Association News Letter (1976) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Hood was in the King George V dock, the only dock that could take her 872' even then they had to take about 6* off the dock.
		King Haakon and Queen Maud came aboard; the Queen was a sister of our King George V. Free parties ashore and entertainment aboard - one whole round of festivities.
		Tivoli gardens was the highlight of this visit with all the free parties and entertainment, and here we had thousands of visitors coming aboard, including the King and Queen of Sweden and the King of Denmark.
	www.hmshood.com /association/archive/newsletters/Newsltr4.html (1813 words)

	Report on Braehead by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
		It is physically separated from the north of the city by the River Clyde, isolated from the adjacent city community of Govan by the King George V Dock area and disconnected from Cardonald by the M8 motorway and Glasgow - Ayr railway line.
		Land to the east of King's Inch Road is currently being developed for Class 4 business purposes as part of the Braehead development and further industrial development is anticipated on the western side of the road.
		The Dock forms a strong boundary to the east of the Braehead development whilst, to the south, the M8 motorway effectively separates the area from the rest of Glasgow City.
	www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk /reports/braehead.htm (3197 words)

	Newham in Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Victoria Dock at Silvertown was opened by Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert in 1855, followed by the Royal Albert Dock which opened in 1880 by the Duke of Connaught, the Queen's son.
		The King George V Dock was officially opened by King George himself on 8th July 1921 after the PLA had originally announced the building of two more docks in 1911 - the last was never built.
		Containerisation of cargo, began the demise of east London's Royal Docks in the late 1960s, and Tilbury gradually took over as the premier port for London bound goods.
	www.lalamy.demon.co.uk /royals.htm (97 words)

	London Borough of Newham: What To See and Do in Newham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Royal Docks are located to the south of the borough and are undergoing massive transformation.
		It was the first dock to use the new railways, the first designed to take iron steamships and the first to use hydraulic cranes and lifts to raise ships.
		Visitors are greeted at the entrance by a show of fountains, which lead to the 'green dock', a sunken garden of scented flowers and coloured bushes, reflecting the theme of Docks and Water.
	www.newham.gov.uk /content/Leisure/see_do_newham.jsp?sectionNumber=4 (824 words)

	Historic Timeline of The Queen Mary Photo 1929 - 1936
		Work is begun on the new Southampton dry dock, to be known as the King George V Graving Dock.
		The King George V Graving Dock is officially opened with King George V and Queen Mary steaming into the dry dock aboard the Royal Yacht, VICTORIA AND ALBERT.
		King Edward VIII, Her Majesty Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth (now the Queen), the Duke and Duchess of York (soon to be King George VI and Queen Elizabeth), the Duke and Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester visit the ship.
	www.queenmary.com /factsandhistory.php?page=1929 (667 words)

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		Once the centre of the shipbuilding industry on the Thames, the Royal Docks are undergoing vast changes.
		The Green Dock runs across the park and a promenade running along the riverside, making it unlike any other park in the UK.
		King George V Dock Hire of jetskis, launch of personal watercraft, function rooms, licensed bar.
	www.riverthames.co.uk /nham/nhanplaces.htm (829 words)

	LDDC Water Use Strategy 1997
		Motorised watersports (water skiing and personal watercraft) are located in the King George V Dock adjacent to the airport where the noise generated does not interfere with residential amenity.
		The Royal Victoria Dock is an ideal venue for such events; with the foot bridge air draft at 14 metres to bridge soffit, the clearance is sufficient for the development of RYA match racing competitions in the future.
		Although the docks are no longer used for commercial freight, the waterborne transport of construction materials is a significant use of the docks and the river which the Corporation supports.
	www.lddc-history.org.uk /water (9131 words)

	London City Airport - Origins and Early History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On the left is the Royal Albert Dock and on the right the King George V Dock.
		Note the dry dock at the near end of the King George V dock.
		Centre: By the late 1970s the docks are nearing the end of their life as a busy port.
	www.lcacc.org /history/origins.html (1986 words)

	Local pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		St Georg's had a remarkable cultural tradition, which included a publishing house, school and library, and its pastors have made important contributions to Lutheran theology.
		The three Royal Docks are St George V Dock, Royal Albert Dock, and the Royal Victoria Dock.
		There were built on the Plaistow Marches, Royal Victoria opened in 1855 Royal Albert followed in 1880, and King George V was opened by the King in 1921.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/london/localpic.htm (427 words)

	London docks, a photo study of London's docklands in 1980
		The docks have helped London become one of the greatest trading cities in the world, and created its cosmopolitan nature with waves of Jewish immigrants arriving in 1653, French Protestant Huguenot silk weavers in 1685, followed by Jewish settlers from Poland, Romania and Russia between 1870 and 1914.
		The last of the Royal Docks to be built was the King George V dock, opened in 1921.
		These photos were taken during a lone bicycle trip around the docks in 1980 on a grey Winter afternoon.
	www.urban75.org /london/docks.html (533 words)

	Royal Docks - TheBestLinks.com - City of London, Docklands Light Railway, Docklands, Germany, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Royal Docks comprise three docks in east London - the Royal Albert Dock, the Royal Victoria Dock and the King George V Dock, built between 1880 and 1921 on riverside marshes in the London borough of Newham.
		Nonetheless, they survived longer than any of the other London docks, finally closing only in 1981.
		Because of their relative remoteness and poor transport links, the redevelopment of London's Docklands has proceeded more slowly in the Royals than in the other former docks.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Royal_Docks.html (581 words)

	Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 293
		(a) land at the eastern end of the King George V Dock and the Albert Basin (on which stood the jetties mentioned in paragraphs 3 to 6 of Schedule 2 to the London Docklands Development Corporation Act 1994); and
		(v) land to the south of 13 to 20 Welland Mews;
		(v) land at the eastern end of the West India Dock North.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1998/19980293.htm (1609 words)

	Rough Guides Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was an age of seemingly limitless expansion, accompanied by a succession of wet docks moving progressively eastward along the river.
		It began with the digging of the Great Howland Dock in 1697, but expansion truly picked up pace in the 19th century with the construction of eight major dock areas, continuing into the twentieth century with the King George V Dock built in 1921.
		Swing bridges, dock gates, and walls erected to prevent theft from warehouses made public transportation to the docks sparse, adding to the sense of isolation and ‘otherness’ of local residents.
	travel.roughguides.com /planning/journalEntryFreeForm.asp?JournalID=39551&EntryID=19126 (1386 words)

	TooWrite.com. True stories from real people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The ship was in King George V Dock in London, and tied to buoys away from the dockside.
		He said that earlier that morning the dock police had contacted him to see if anyone was missing, as they had recovered a body from the dock.
		On leaving the dock and going down river, the 14 year-old cabin boy was shaking the best runner over the side when he had an epileptic fit.
	www.toowrite.com /toowrite_story.asp?sid=202 (2118 words)

	Greenwich Council - Transport - Woolwich Arsenal DLR
		The improved transport services are part of a wider regeneration plan that includes such key developments as the Royal Arsenal and White Hart Triangle sites, attracting more businesses to the area and bringing greater prosperity to local people.
		The extension to Woolwich from King George V Dock is expected to begin in mid-2005 and is scheduled to be completed by 2008.
		The extension to London City Airport and King George V Dock are due to be completed by the end of 2005.
	www.greenwich.gov.uk /Greenwich/YourEnvironment/Regeneration/Transport/DLRExtensionWoolwich.htm (280 words)

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