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	Victorian London - Thames - Docks - West India
		The West India Docks.- These are formed of two grand divisions; the northern one, for unloading the ships arrived from the West Indies, covering thirty acres, and capable of accommodating three hundred West Indiamen ; and the southern, for loading outward-bound ships, covering twenty-four acres, and capable of holding upwards of two hundred West Indiamen.
		The two docks, with their warehouses, are enclosed by a lofty wall five feet in thickness, and have held at one time 148,563 casks of sugar, 70,875 barrels and 433,648 bags of coffee, 35,158 pipes of rum and Madeira, 14,021 logs of mahogany, and 21,350 tons of logwood.
		WEST INDIA DOCKS, the, lie between Limehouse and Blackwall, and their long lines of warehouses, and lofty wall, 5 feet thick, are well seen from the Blackwall Railway.
	www.victorianlondon.org /thames/westindiadocks.htm (1011 words)

	Articles - Isle of Dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 1802 the West India Docks were opened, heralding the peninsula's most successful period when it became an important center for trade.
		East India Docks were subsequently opened in 1806, followed by Millwall Dock in 1868.
		The three dock systems were joined together in 1909 when the Port of London Authority took control of the docks.
	www.wathcesa.com /articles/Isle_of_Dogs (628 words)

	The Royal Docks - A Short History
		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.
		The economic and social impact of the progressive decline and closure of the docks was a matter of increasing concern to the Dockland Boroughs and the GLC.
		The Royal Victoria Dock was acquired from the Port of London Authority in 1983, followed by Royal Albert and King George V Docks in 1986.
	www.royaldockstrust.org.uk /rdhist.htm (7875 words)

	West India - XYZ Lahore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hotel di tutti paesi del mondo: Marriott Executive Apartments London West India Quay, descrizione e foto Marriott Executive Apartments London West...
		Marriott London West India Quay, descrizione e foto della Marriott...
		Hotel di tutti paesi del mondo: Marriott London West India Quay, descrizione e foto Marriott London West India Quay, pareri sulla Marriott London...
	www.connectexchange.com /west-india.html (434 words)

	Georgian Index - West India Docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		West India Docks stretched for half a mile across the Isle of Dogs, the peninsula formed by a loop of the Thames.
		Three years after the docks were opened the City Canal, lying to the south of the docks, was completed by the City of London as a shortcut across the Isle of Dogs between Blackwall and Wapping.
		In the 1860's it was reconstructed as the South West India Dock.
	www.georgianindex.net /London/docks/wi_docks.html (413 words)

	West India Docks : English Heritage : English Heritage
		West India Docks These were London's first commercial wet docks, built to maximize London's booming maritime trade with the West Indies and avoid the congestion and pilfering experienced in the Pool of London.
		Two enormous docks were excavated between 1800 and 1806 (the Import and Export Docks), which with their associated locks and basins enclosed a combined area of some 62 acres of water, at the time the largest docks in the world.
		In 1829 a third dock (South Dock) was added to the system, by converting the unsuccessful City Canal, cut across the Isle of Dogs in 1800-5 as a by-pass for shipping.
	amaxus.english-heritage.org.uk /server/show/conWebDoc.1608 (233 words)

	West India Docks - London's docks and shipping - Port Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The West India Docks were constructed to berth large sailing vessels and accommodate the many lighters that serviced the Thames.
		However, the dimensions of the dock entrance, despite being a foot deeper than the rest of the dock system, limited the number and size of the vessels berthing, to less than 6000 tons.
		In 1943, the Rum Quay at West India Docks was used to build concrete petrol carrying barges for the war.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server/show/ConFactFile.83/West-India-Docks.html (811 words)

	West India Docks
		West India Docks was authorized by Parliament in 1800 and took two years to complete.
		Built by William Jessop and John Rennie, the dock is situated on the Isle of Dogs, a peninsula in the East End of London.
		There is a range of spacious warehouses around the docks, for storing the West India produce, each of which is capable of containing eighty thousand hogsheads of sugar.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /LONdocks.htm (275 words)

	LDDC Completion Booklet - Isle of Dogs
		Similarly, the Corporation is transferring its freehold of the Travelodge Hotel at East India Dock to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, so that they will gain a new revenue source to help pay for the cost of maintaining the public open spaces, river walls and riverside walkways which the LDDC is handing on.
		The East India Company brought in exotic Indian spices and silks through its East India Docks, whilst the Grade 1 listed warehouses on West India Quay became known as Blood Alley, because the sugar in the sacks unloaded by dockers scratched their backs so badly that they bled.
		The population of the Island rose with the docks.
	www.lddc-history.org.uk /iod/index.html (5196 words)

	London Docklands - Financing the docks
		In August 1799 at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate, 123 West India merchants took shares in the new company providing £500,000 to pay for the building of the West India Docks.
		In later dock construction there was a tendency for entrepreneurs who had no direct interest in trade to become involved.
		These men were encouraged to invest in the docks as Britain's industrial revolution raced ahead and Britain became the 'workshop of the world'.
	www.bardaglea.org.uk /docklands/2-finance.html (234 words)

	East India
		Brunswick Dock, which had opened in 1790, became the export dock, with an entrance basin to its east and a larger import dock to its north.
		At the same time East India Dock Road was built as a branch of the Commercial Road, to provide a link with the City.
		The import dock was repaired but containerisation and other changed circumstances rendered it increasingly obsolete and it was gradually filled in from the late 1960s.
	www.hidden-london.com /eastindia.html (281 words)

	West India Docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The West India Docks are a series of docks on the Isle ofDogs in London.
		They were constructed between 1800 and 1802 for the West India Company to adesign by leading civil engineer William Jessop, and were the first commercial wet docks in London.
		After the effectice closure of the Port of London, the area wasregenerated as part of the Docklands scheme, and is now home to the developmentsof Canary Wharf.
	www.therfcc.org /west-india-docks-115792.html (97 words)

	West India - Karachi 4 U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Full text of the Charter of the Dutch West India Company, 1621.
		He disappeared as one plus to the uncountable victims of the caste killings in India.
		Democracy in India lasted for five days, two hours and eight minutes.
	www.consulfethiye.com /west-india.html (434 words)

	History of East London's Docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The total annual depredations at the docks were estimated at half a million pounds, half this sum from vessels from the Caribbean.
		The first stone was laid in 1800, and the ceremony was followed by an elegant entertainment for the notables present, at which one toast was appropriately drunk to the prosperity of the West Indian colonies.
		He was elected first chairman of the board of directors, and todav his portrait, painted by Lawrence, hangs in the board room of the Port of London Authority.
	www.j12.org /his1.htm (435 words)

	Westferry DLR station
		Westferry DLR station is on the site of the West India Docks station, part of the old London and Blackwall Railway[?].
		It was accessed by two roads, East Ferry Road (also known locally as Farm Road) and West Ferry Road, built in 1812, when a horse ferry was introduced alongside the passenger ferry.
		Meanwhile, their parents, the king his old woman, and ate of the fruits and drank of the rills.
	www.termsdefined.net /we/westferry-dlr-station.html (278 words)

	West India Docks - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		West India Docks - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 10:51, 17 Jun 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about West India Docks contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/West_India_Docks (155 words)

	Aluminum Boat Docks and Dock Accessories from Flotation Systems, Inc.
		Flotation Systems, Inc. introduced the first all aluminum boat dock of it its kind over 16 years ago and continues to offer the highest quality stationary and floating docks available.
		Prior to manufacturing aluminum docks, FSI spent 3 years building top quality steel and wood docks.
		All dock systems are available in kit form or turn-key installation through our comprehensive dealer network.
	www.AluminumBoatDocks.com (248 words)

	cockney history, tower hamlets, east end of london, London docks, Shoreditch, East India Docks, West India Docks
		In 1801 there was just one furniture firm in Shoreditch’s Curtain Road, 50 years later it was the hub of an East End business employing tens of thousands and producing the majority of the capital’s output.
		The boom started with the opening of the East India and West India Docks and a new, plentiful supply of cheap timber.
		While the skilled West End masters put off marriage and children to dedicate themselves to their trade, the garret masters planned to have as many as possible.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /furniture%20makers.htm (787 words)

	Track Down A Print Of West India By Richard Henson
		West Bengal is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse states of India.
		West India Cigar Company is the only remaining hand made cigar company in Jamaica.
		West India Docks was authorized by Parliament in 1800 and took two...
	www.findartnow.com /henson/West-India.htm (475 words)

	East End history, London history, End End of London, Tower Hamlets, West India Docks, Billingsgate Fish Market, ...
		As the docks closed down there was space to spare, and the island was far more accessible to
		About the only thing that was taken to the island was the bell – which rang three days later to commence a new era of dealing.
		At last, after 900 years, on a 13.5 acre site built around a renovated warehouse on the West India Docks, Billingsgate had the room it needed.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /Billingsgate.htm (832 words)

	West India Quay Chemists, for Chemists in West India Quay UK
		Chemists are great places to treat minor ailments such as colds, coughs and muscular aches and pains, as well as offering toileteries and perfume and other essential bathroom supplies.
		Use the City-Visitor database of West India Quay to find the closest chemist to you.
		If you're looking for the essentials in Chemists, don't leave it to chance, let the West India Quay City-Visitor directory hook you up with the Chemists available in West India Quay.
	www.city-visitor.com /westindiaquay/chemists.html (212 words)

	Encyclopedia: West India Docks
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		There has been more than one West India Company: The Dutch West India Company The French West Indies Company The Danish West India Company The Swedish West India Company This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/West-India-Docks (386 words)

	West India Quay Airport, for Airport in West India Quay UK
		More and more people are choosing to fly from one end of Britain to the other rather than waiting around on a drafty platform for a train, and there's much to be said for the pleasant and dry waiting areas in airports.
		So if you're arranging a trip by plane within the UK or further afield you'll want the latest news about airports in West India Quay and this database can offer you advice and information about everything including Air Travel, Airlines, Airport Transfers, Airports, City Airport.
		If you're looking for the essentials in Airport, don't leave it to chance, let the West India Quay City-Visitor directory hook you up with the Airport available in West India Quay.
	www.city-visitor.com /westindiaquay/airport.html (224 words)

	West India Quay Airport Transfer, for Airport Transfer in West India Quay UK
		West India Quay Airport Transfer, for Airport Transfer in West India Quay UK
		Make your trip to or from the airport as straightforward as possible with this selection of businesses offering airport transfers in West India Quay.
		Find all the information about Airport Transfer you need to guide you on these West India Quay pages as City-Visitor connects you direct to West India Quay businesses.
	www.city-visitor.co.uk /westindiaquay/airporttransfer.html (221 words)

	DHD Multimedia Gallery: Earth Views: england-london-docklands-evening-ur...
		Visit the UK Parliament, or 10 Downing Street, or the Mayor's site for goverment; or maybe the Science Museum, the Museum of London and the London Eye for illumination.
		england london docklands evening urban landscape west india docks to
		England London Docklands evening urban landscape West India Docks to Cabot Square mono BG.jpg (Earth Views)
	gallery.hd.org /_virtual/ByCategory/places-and-sights/England/London/Docklands/evening/urban/landscape/West/India/Docks/to/Cabot (266 words)

	West India Quay Estate Agents, for Estate Agents in West India Quay UK
		West India Quay Estate Agents, for Estate Agents in West India Quay UK
		Whatever your reasons for contacting an estate agent it's pleasing to know that you can find out about all the agencies in West India Quay right here in one place.
		Don't be confused by the many West India Quay businesses with Estate Agents on offer, let City-Visitor for West India Quay point you in the right direction for Estate Agents in West India Quay with this guide to the best West India Quay businesses available.
	www.city-visitor.co.uk /westindiaquay/estateagents.html (292 words)

	ANTIQUE PRINTS OF LONDON AT ASH RARE BOOKS: LONDON EAST - POPLAR
		A charming antique print - ships, warehouses, lighters and small craft - and what is now the North Section of the Docks (between West India Quay and Canary Wharf).
		A most attractive antique print - the docks (now known as Canary Wharf) in their hey-day, the water crowded with ships and lighters.
		Based on a study by the marine painter Joseph Robert Wells (fl.1872-1893) and originally produced for the part-work "Greater London: a Narrative of its History, its People and its Places" published between 1882 and 1884.
	www.ashrare.com /docklands_prints.html (442 words)

	Discover Tower Hamlets - Eating and drinking - West India Quay
		So named because it was once the counting house of the West India Docks, this JD Wetherspoon's pub is at the western end.
		Nearest DLR stations: Canary Wharf and West India Quay
		The outside terrace overlooks the dock for delightful summer eating.
	www.towerhamlets.gov.uk /data/discover/data/eating-drinking/data/west-india.cfm (362 words)

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