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	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.
		In 1912 the railway was bought by the Midland Railway (MR) from under the noses of the Great Eastern Railway (GER).
		The LMS in turn was nationalised into British Railways (BR) in 1948, and the line was transferred to the Eastern Region.
	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.
		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.
		Although much of the railway was abandoned the original viaducts were reused for the modern Docklands Light Railway service.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/London_and_Blackwall_Railway (199 words)

	OPSI - UK Legislation
		London and Birmingham Railway (Weedon and Northampton Branch).
		London and Birmingham Railway (Coventry and Nuneaton Railway).
		Caledonian, Polloc and Govan, and Clydesdale Junction Railways
	www.opsi.gov.uk /chron-tables/local/chron035.htm (1353 words)

	London - Blackwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Victorian London - Thames - Docks - Character of
		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.
		East and West India Docks are situated at Blackwall between the West India Dock and Blackwall stations of the London and Blackwall Railway.
		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)

	Victorian London - Publications - Social Investigation/Journalism - London and Londoners in the Eighteen-Fifties and ...
		Secondly, the railway was unique, being constructed on a brick viaduct 22 feet high from end to end, that method of building facilitating the crossing of the many intersecting thoroughfares.
		The London and Blackwall Railway afterwards tapped that business with great success; very few people wanted to go to Blackwall itself, for, indeed, its natural beauties were few, if select, but myriads used the Blackwall pier.
		The London and Greenwich Railway Company continued to exist, but merely for the purpose of receiving and distributing the rent payable under the lease, until December 3 1st, 1922, when, under the Railway Grouping Act, it was compulsorily absorbed by the Southern Railway.
	www.victorianlondon.org /publications5/londoners-30.htm (1880 words)

	Geografia d'Europa: material de suport
		On certain percentages of liability the railways paid so much a year for the merchandise traffic, leaving the mineral traffic and the maintenance of the canal with the canal company.
		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.
		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.ub.es /medame/navegrun.html (5440 words)

	Great Canals of the World.
		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.
		While formerly the section of the river under water, when flowing at its full level, was 721 square feet and the grade 6.96 inches to the mile, this section now measures 1,216 square feet, and the grade per mile is 9.29 inches.
		Railway tariffs are badly adapted to commercial fluctuations.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/old1906/vol2/part5.htm (15533 words)

	london history, tower hamlets, east end history, DLR, London and Blackwall Railway, Victorian London, Fenchurch Street
		Railway companies sprung up almost overnight and huge amounts of venture capital were poured into the new business.
		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.
		Trains were dragged from Blackwall to the Minories by cable and had to reach Fenchurch Street by their own momentum.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /railways.htm (874 words)

	charlie brown's, limehouse, jack the ripper, tower of london, bow cemetery, buckingham place
		The Railway Hotel had been built to serve the old London and Blackwall Railway in the 1800s.
		London - or London England if you prefer - is one of the most culturally and historically exciting places on the planet.
		You'll certainly have heard of Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel murders, may have romantic images of a fog-shrouded Victorian London, have heard some cockney rhyming slang and be familiar with the famous red London buses.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /brown.htm (789 words)

	Ongar Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The railway was not extended to Epping and Ongar until 1865, by which time the ECR had been absorbed into the Great Eastern 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.
	www.londonrailways.net /ongar.htm (713 words)

	london history, tower hamlets, east end history, Ratcliff, Limehouse, Bow, the Highway, prostitution, murder
		The building of the Commercial Road, and of the London and Blackwall Railway demanded massive demolition; the digging of the Rotherhithe Tunnel did the rest.
		When you pass through the gate, originally built for the bustling area in 1796, you can reflect that you are walking on what was once one of the most infamous quarters of London – but now disappeared and almost forgotten.
		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 /ratcliff.htm (769 words)

	modern development
		The railway was promoted jointly by the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) and the London and Blackwall Railway (LBR).
		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.
		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.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~kelsey/cranch13.htm (6517 words)

	Railways South East
		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.
		A railway was opened from St Denys to Netley in 1866 and this was extended to Fareham in 1889.
		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).
	www.steamindex.com /magrack/rse.htm (13603 words)

	Untitled
		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.
		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.
		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.
	thehenryline.freeservers.com /contact.html (1312 words)

	Chapter Six Part 1 - the Coy Family of Gravesend, Kent
		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.
		However, railway travel allowed families to go further afield and other resorts such as Southend-on-Sea in Essex and Margate in Kent developed more prestigious attractions.
		In 1845 a single line of railway was opened from the Canal Basin to Strood, running along the south side of the canal.
	uk.geocities.com /suec_78/chapter6part1.htm (2126 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Travel Guide: London's East End - Mystery of the Charlie Brown Roundabout
		It was the haunt of sailors and dock workers.
		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.
		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.
	www.britannia.com /travel/london/cockney/cbrown.html (508 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.
		Beneath the station, in Crutched Friars Street, is a three storey warehouse, the top of which was used as railway offices.
	www.networkrail.co.uk /Stations/stations/FenchurchStreet/History.aspx (207 words)

	Meet Brother Gregory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	GENUKI: Limehouse History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		It is approached from London by the Commercial-road, and is traversed by the Blackwall railway, the Regent's canal, and Lea Cut.
		The living is a rectory* in the diocese of London, value £714, in the patronage of Brasenose College, Oxford.
	homepages.gold.ac.uk /genuki/MDX/Limehouse/LimehouseHistory.html (316 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 new Docklands Light Railway was built as cheaply as possible; for example, a minimum number of trains was purchased (11 units, with the peak service requiring 10), and automatic driving and unmanned stations were both used to reduce staffing costs.
		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).
	www.davros.org /rail/culg/dockland.html (2706 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.
		By the time the Docklands Light Railway opened in 1987, it had to be closed at weekends and in the evenings to be upgraded and extended to meet anticipated demand from existing and committed development.
	www.lddc-history.org.uk /wapping (5410 words)

	Fenchurch_Street_railway_station (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		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.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Fenchurch_Street_railway_station (395 words)

	The Independent Sunday (London, England): VICTORIAN VALUES; Forget images of staid Victorians drinking tea and enjoying ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Independent Sunday (London, England): VICTORIAN VALUES; Forget images of staid Victorians drinking tea and enjoying nights around the piano.
		Three days after Christmas 1889, a 64-year-old man coughed his last in a lodging house under the arches of the London and Blackwall Railway.
		He was taken to Ratcliff mortuary, a low building behind the graveyard of St George's-in-the-East, Shadwell, where he lay on the slab for a week.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:79323219&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (309 words)

	Docklands Light Railway - Stations - Blackwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Blackwall station connects with local bus number 15.
		For more information connect to the London Buses website.
		Tour East London - Guide to East London, covering shopping, markets, eating, transport, art, heritage, festivals, walks, sailing, accommodation and much more.
	www.tfl.gov.uk /dlr/stations/blackwall.shtml (82 words)

	JMR: Journal for Maritime Research: maritime history, naval history and contemporary issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The links between the railway and steamship companies were never formalised for transmigrational passenger services alone, but to develop the rail links at the quayside needed for the movement of other goods such as coal, iron and timber.
		Even in Hull, the Hull and Barnsley Railway had built an emigrant station at its Alexandra Dock in 1885, and from 1906 the Lancashire and Yorkshire Shipping Company, that was associated with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, had been awarded the right to run passenger services to some European ports.
		Though I have not shown the individual patterns for each of the three railway stations, the overwhelming majority of the migrants travelled from the north eastern ports of arrival to the port of embarkation at Liverpool.
	www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/conJmrArticle.28/setPaginate/No (5103 words)

	Catalog Report
		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.
		VG History of the London and Blackwall Railway and its successors.
	www.martinbott.com /LNER.htm (5744 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.
		This station also served the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTandS) and the Eastern Counties Railway, later the Great Eastern.
		The London to Blackwall trains used Platform 1, while the trains for Tilbury and the Great Eastern Railway departed from the other platforms.
	www.touruk.co.uk /london_stations/fenchurchstreet_station1.htm (260 words)

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