Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. 'The whole of the south side of the Dock, comprising nearly a mile of water frontage, will be devoted to the accommodation of timber and other trades requiring space. All the cranes, capstans, lock-gates, and sluices, will be worked by hydraulic power. The [Thames] Tidal Basin will be accessible by night as well as by day for steamers and other vessels requiring railway trains run throughout the day between the Fenchurch-street station and the will be transmitted by electric of Docks will
Victoria Docks - general view, 1856. 'The whole of the south side of the Dock, comprising nearly a mile of water frontage, will be devoted to the accommodation of timber and other trades requiring space. All the cranes, capstans, lock-gates, and sluices, will be worked by hydraulic power. The [Thames] Tidal Basin will be accessible by night as well as by day for steamers and other vessels requiring railway trains run throughout the day between the Fenchurch-street station and the will be transmitted by electric of Docks will hand down to posterity, with honour, the names of Peto, Betts, and Brassey, as the contractors; and Bidder, as engineer'. Royal Victoria Dock in East London was later redeveloped as Docklands. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.
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