Poplar Dock

The Poplar Dock is a small harbor in the East End of London. It is in connection with the Blackwell Basin of the West India Docks. While it is not dependent on these port facilities, but never had private access to the River Thames.

It was originally built as a series of water reservoirs of the West India Dock Company and completed in 1828. In a time when no docks in London had a railway connection, it was converted into a basin for the railroad. The East & West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway Company (later North London Railway Company) built it from the wharf and created a rail connection with the Werkstatthof society in Chalk Farm. It was the only dock in London, which was founded in 1909 not be delivered to the Port of London Authority, but until its closure in 1981 remained under the administration of British Rail.

Because of the lack of access to the River Thames its operators required the consent of the owners of the West India Docks for uses that did not conflict directly with their own interests. In the early years the harbor basin was mainly used for clearing coal from North East England.

The largest part of the harbor now serves as a anchorage for ships, which is connected to the Blackwall Basin.