Woolwich Dock is a former dry dock and shipyard in Woolwich, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The site was purchased by Morts Dock and Engineering...
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Camden called it 'the Mother Dock of all England'. By virtue of the size and quantity of vessels built there, Woolwich Dockyard is described as having...
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west for about 1⁄2 mile (800 m) from North Woolwich station. The larger detached part, further fragmented by dock facilities, extended east from the Royal...
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designated a special enterprise zone in 2012. North Woolwich is part of Royal Docks ward. Royal Docks was also a ward of the London Borough of Newham, which...
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Pontoon Dock is a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Silvertown in east London, which is on the Woolwich Arsenal branch, opened on 2 December...
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North Woolwich. When the Royal Dock was first built, the railway cut along the docks; to correct this, a swing bridge over the entrance to the dock was...
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The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle and pedestrian ferry across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich on the south bank with North Woolwich...
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Ferry Woolwich foot tunnel Woolwich, Ontario, Canada Woolwich, Maine, United States of America Woolwich, New South Wales, Australia Woolwich Dock, former...
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the docks declined and car ownership grew. Eventually the service was reduced to a shuttle between Stratford (Low Level) platforms and North Woolwich generally...
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Woolwich Docks Woolwich Baths Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich and Woolwich Public School. Woolwich Public School Marist Sisters' College, Woolwich from...
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House, Reiby Road Clifton, Woolwich Road Waiwera, Woolwich Road St Claire, Wybalena Road Woolwich Dock, Franki Avenue, Woolwich Hunters Hill has an area...
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Woolwich (/ˈwʊlɪtʃ, -ɪdʒ/) is a town in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led...
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Woolwich foot tunnel crosses under the River Thames in Woolwich, in East London from Old Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich to North Woolwich...
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Balmain. In 1870 the dock assembled the first locally produced locomotive. In 1901 the company opened a second dry dock (Woolwich Dock) and slipway to cater...
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Pontoon Dock DLR station, a station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Silvertown in east London Surrey Docks tube station Woolwich Dock railway...
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Murder of Lee Rigby (redirect from 2013 Woolwich beheading)
Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, southeast London. Rigby was off duty and walking along Wellington Street...
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Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway (redirect from North Woolwich Line)
Royal Victoria Dock opened in 1855 the line between Canning Town and North Woolwich had to have a swingbridge over the entrance to the dock, which increased...
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Royal Arsenal (redirect from Royal Woolwich Arsenal)
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the...
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Fenchurch Street, Surrey Docks (now Surrey Quays railway station), the Isle of Dogs, North Greenwich and Custom House to Woolwich Arsenal. This was intended...
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through the Connaught Tunnel under the Royal Docks and on to North Woolwich. In 1985 the line from North Woolwich was electrified on the third rail system...
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design caught the Navy Board's interest and on 10 April 1815 it ordered Woolwich Dock to build a copy. However, with the end of the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic...
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King George V Dock, in the London Borough of Newham, is one of three docks in the Royal Docks of east London, now part of the redeveloped Docklands. Begun...
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to be dry docked in London, but Orient Line cancelled this due to a labour dispute. Instead in August she was dry docked in Woolwich Dock in Sydney for...
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Port of London (category London docks)
Great Wet Dock of 1696), St Katharine Docks (1828), Royal Victoria Dock (1855), Millwall Dock (1868), Royal Albert Dock (1880), and Tilbury docks (1886)...
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List of locations in the Port of London (category London docks)
AEI) Woolwich Free Ferry north pier Woolwich foot tunnel Hoba Wharf Gallions Point site of Harland & Wolff ship repairers entrance to Royal Docks (remains...
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North London line (redirect from North Woolwich Railway)
Railway in 1846/7 between Stratford and North Woolwich. The later construction of the Royal Victoria Dock necessitated a swing-bridge on the original route...
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Woolwich Arsenal station is an interchange station in the heart of Woolwich in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and National...
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East India Docks of the Port of London, where ships trading with the Indian subcontinent used to dock. It is on the Beckton and Woolwich Arsenal branches...
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hulk Warrior shortly afterwards. On 8 December she was towed out of Woolwich dock and sailed down the River Thames. After clearing the Straits of Dover...
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burthen as 650 tons (bm). In early 1787, Alexander loaded her convicts at Woolwich Docks. The convicts came both from prison hulks on the Thames and directly...
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