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| History Tour | Canning Town in Victorian Times |
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The Docks London had been a busy trading port for hundreds of years before Queen Victoria’s reign. Ships large and small crowded into St Katherine’s Dock and the Port of London unloading goods from all round the world. But by the middle of the nineteenth century these older docks were becoming too small for the newer larger ships, and it became necessary to build new, deeper docks further down the Thames. The Royal Victoria Docks were built in 1855. They played an important part in the Canning Town’s development as a major industrial centre, with companies like the Thames Ironworks becoming one of the largest employers in the area. |
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| London Borough of
Newham Culture and Community Newham Museum Service |
Tom
McAllister Last updated 17 February 2003 |
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