London . e be one. The hosj)ital and masters resi-dence have been rebuilt in the Regents Park. The first stone of the new dockswas laid 3d May, 1827 ; and they were opened 25th October, 1828, having beenconstructed with unexampled rapidity. Two other bills for the construction ofdocks passed in the same year, one on the south side of the river, and another,for colliers, on the Isle of Dogs; but the project was abandoned in both cases. We may now commence a tour of the different docks; and, beginning with thosenearest London, we first visit St. Katherines, which are just below the lof
London . e be one. The hosj)ital and masters resi-dence have been rebuilt in the Regents Park. The first stone of the new dockswas laid 3d May, 1827 ; and they were opened 25th October, 1828, having beenconstructed with unexampled rapidity. Two other bills for the construction ofdocks passed in the same year, one on the south side of the river, and another,for colliers, on the Isle of Dogs; but the project was abandoned in both cases. We may now commence a tour of the different docks; and, beginning with thosenearest London, we first visit St. Katherines, which are just below the lofty walls which constitute it, in the language of the Custom-Housc, a placeof special security, surround an area of twenty-three acres, of which cloven arcwater, capable of accommodating 120 shi])s, besides barges and other craft. Thefrontage of the quays is 4,600 feet, or nearly three times the extent of the legalquays of 1796; and the warehouses, vaults, sheds, and covered ways will contain THE DOCKS. 75. ri ;5 n n COP SNlliill,!,..,lii[ffl eafi. ainDilij 0 aJ Oiiaa Z „ J,;^
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