File:The West India Docks, as they appeared in March 1802 RMG PU1443.jpg

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English: The West India Docks, as they appeared in March 1802Print by an unknown artist entitled 'West India Docks as they appeared in March 1802', from the 'Gentleman's Magazine', Oct. 1802. It shows the docks as they appeared on completion but before being flooded. Built to put an end to loses suffered from pilfering on the open Thames riverside wharves, the West India Docks stretched for half a mile across the Isle of Dogs. These were the first of the walled docks of the 19th century age of trade.
The West India Docks, as they appeared in March 1802
Date October 1802
date QS:P571,+1802-10-00T00:00:00Z/10
Dimensions Sheet: 250 mm x 353 mm; Image: 97 mm x 154 mm; Mount: 287 mm x 483 mm
Notes Box Title: Seaports I25 London. Pl. I. p. 897.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/105594
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Times Gazetteer Grid Reference Number, Prints & Drawings: I 25 (46)
id number: PAD1443
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Green Blackwall collection

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current02:53, 3 September 2017Thumbnail for version as of 02:53, 3 September 20171,280 × 739 (627 KB) (talk | contribs)Royal Museums Greenwich Green Blackwall collection, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/105594