King George V Dock (London)

The King George V Dock is one designated by three docks for the Royal Docks in London's East End and after King George V, 1910-1936 King of Great Britain and Ireland ( Northern Ireland). Today the area is part of the Docklands.

History

Its construction by the Port of London Authority began in 1912, with which the King George V Dock was the last in London applied to the lower reaches of the Thames docks. The First World War delayed construction, but in 1921 were the port facilities are completed. The basin has 26 acres of water, making it the smallest of the Royal Docks. It had made ​​its own access from the Thames and was great liners such as the RMS Mauretania record. At its western end there was a large dry dock (now filled ) and a workshop building for ship repairs, which were operated by Harland & Wolff. Together with the other docks for the Royal Docks it was closed in 1980 for commercial traffic.

Today

The main facility of the dock is now the London City Airport, the single airstrip was built on the north side of the harbor along. The western end of the dock was filled and the airport terminal built it. The rest of the water surface still exists, it provides the buffer zone between the start and runway of the airport and the surrounding areas dar. On the south side of the harbor to get ripped the warehouses off and the site is now used mostly as a parking lot for the airport.

After this harbor which opened in December 2005, King George V station is named on the London City Airport Docklands Light Railway line.

Swell

  • Dockland: an illustrated historical survey of life and work in east London. NELP / GLC (1983). ISBN 0-7168-1611-3
  • Weinreb & Hibbert (Editor): The London Encyclopedia. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-30024-6
  • Harbour in London
  • Transport (London Borough of Newham )
  • Built in the 1920s
  • Building in the London Borough of Newham
East End of London London Docklands RMS Mauretania (1938) King George V DLR station
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