London . [West India Dock.] nearly three-quarters of a mile long, and was constructed at the expense of theCity-, but was afterwards sold to the Dock Company, who make use of it as adock for timber ships. The northern or import dock is 170 yards long by 166wide, and the export dock is of the same length, and 135 yards wide. These twodocks, with the warehouses, are enclosed by a lofty wall five feet in warehouses will contain above 180,000 tons of merchandise, and there hasbeen at one time, on the quays and in the sheds, vaults, and warehouses, colonialproduce worth 20,000,000/. s
London . [West India Dock.] nearly three-quarters of a mile long, and was constructed at the expense of theCity-, but was afterwards sold to the Dock Company, who make use of it as adock for timber ships. The northern or import dock is 170 yards long by 166wide, and the export dock is of the same length, and 135 yards wide. These twodocks, with the warehouses, are enclosed by a lofty wall five feet in warehouses will contain above 180,000 tons of merchandise, and there hasbeen at one time, on the quays and in the sheds, vaults, and warehouses, colonialproduce worth 20,000,000/. sterling, comprising 148,563 casks of sugar, 70,875barrels and 433,648 bags of coffee, 35,158 pipes of rum and Madeira, 14,000logs of mahogany, and 21,000 tons of logwood, besides other articles. Sincethe privileges of the company expired the docks have been used by every kindof shipping. The East India Docks at Blackwall may also be most conveniently reached. [Last liilia Import Dock.] by the railway. They were at one time under the management of a certainnumber of the East India Directors; but, since the opening of the trade to India, 78 LONDON. these clocks have been purchased by the West India Dock Company. Theimjiort dock has an area of nineteen acres, the export dock of ten acres, and thebasin three ; and as they were constructed for vessels of the largest size, they
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