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The West India Docks are a series of three docks, quaysides, and warehouses built to import goods from, and export goods and occasionally passengers to the British West Indies. Located on the Isle of Dogs in London, the first dock opened in 1802.
West India Docks - or Canary Wharf as you may know it - is now home to some of the world's largest banks and hi-tech businesses. Yet once, London was once the busiest port in the world. West India Docks were the first purpose-built docks to be built there.
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Feb 9, 2015 · The historic West India Docks have be recycled, reinvented and redeveloped for the modern generation, with the area now housing the UK financial hub, shops, restaurants, bars, public art and a fantastic museum (Museum of London Docklands)
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Michael Melia explores the history of West India Dock which opened on the Isle of Dogs in 1802 with a monopoly on West Indies trade, receiving sugar and other commodities which had been grown on...
2 days ago · The building of the West India Docks between 1799 and 1806 marked the culmination of a campaign which had begun in the early 1790s. The West India merchants had become especially concerned about conditions in the Pool of London.
The historic West India Docks have be recycled, reinvented and redeveloped for the modern generation, with the area now housing the UK financial hub, shops, restaurants, bars, public art and a fantastic museum (Museum of London Docklands)
