Millwall Dock with Canary Wharf in the background, Isle of Dogs, East London.
Millwall Dock is part of the Docklands area which was regeneration by the London Docklands Development Corporation, a quango agency set up in 1981 by the then Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine, to regenerate the Docklands. The Government also set up an Enterprise Zone covering the Docklands with certain tax breaks and business rate rebates. Millwall Docks were opened in 1868 and were Millwall Docks were best known for handling grain, mainly from the Baltic, but also handled included timber, wine, liquor, fruit and vegetables. By 1980 they were redundant. The brick-built 11-storey high granary was 76 metres long and metres wide and could hold hold 24,000 tons of bulk grain. Barges unloaded direct into the granary. As trade increased and larger vessels were needed, Millwall Dock was connected to West India Dock, which had a larger entrance.
Size: 5114px × 3400px
Location: Millwall Dock, London, UK
Photo credit: © Ciaris Perry-Bowden / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1868, 1980, agency, borough, canary, corporation, development, dock, docklands, dogs, east, enterprise, environment, fruit, grain, hamlets, heseltine, india, isle, liquor, london, michael, millwall, outer, quango, regeneration, secretary, state, timber, tower, trade, vegetables, west, wharf, wine, zone
