Millwall Dock
The Millwall Dock is a dock at Millwall south of Canary Wharf on the Isle of Dogs in London.
History
The Millwall Dock was built by John Aird & Co. according to the plans of Sir John Fowler and opened in 1868.
The basin has runs L- shape, with the exterior of the harbor basin extends in an east-west direction and the interior of the harbor basin of the eastern end of the north. It originally had a water area of 14 ha and a land area of 81 hectares The western end of the exterior of the harbor basin was originally connected to Millwall by a 24 m wide canal with the River Thames. The excavation of the harbor basin formed a patch of wasteland, the Mudchute was called. A floating dock for ship repairs was built in the SE corner of the exterior of the dock ( one of the original six planned ) and later extended to 169 m.
As part of the restructuring after the takeover by the Port of London Authority in the 1920s, the northern end of the inner harbor basin with the West India Docks by the Millwall Passage was connected and the direct link to the Thames was filled.
The basin was mainly used for clearing of timber and grain cargo, a trade which was later relocated to the downstream port of Tilbury, as there is a large grain terminal was built in the 1960s. A flour mill of McDougall 's on the south side of the exterior of the dock was dismantled in 1980.
The grounds today
The Millwall Dock is located almost in the center of the Isle of Dogs, then south to the converted Canary Wharf business district.
A large plot of land on the north side of the exterior of the dock is taking Westferry Printing Works, the largest newspaper printing in Western Europe, one that was built from 1984 to 1986. The Millwall Dock is now a commercial area with high-rise buildings, where have Small and medium enterprises (SMEs ) for technical products, law firms and financial service providers established.
Also, there arose residential buildings and elegant apartment blocks. The residential area Clippers Quay is located at the former dry dock during the residential area Mill Quay is located on the site of the old mill. The difference between the newly developed business and residential areas and the subsequent old buildings.
The Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre is located at the very west end of the dock where it was originally connected to the River Thames. It was founded in 1989 by the London Docklands Development Corporation ( LDDC ) and the Sports Council for £ 1.2 million built.
In this harbor, 1999, the boat stunts for James Bond film The World Is Not been performed enough.
From Millwall Dock from three stations on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR ) are to achieve: Mudchute, Crossharbour and South Quay.