Warehouses 1 and 2, West India Docks North Quay (now West India Quay), Wapping, London: one of the doorways with cast iron door dividing the warehouses into fireproof compartments Architect/Designer George Gwilt & Son Rennie, Sir John (1794-1874) Artist/Photographer Charles, Martin (1940-2012) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1827 Image Date 1989 View Interior Style Neoclassical Medium Negative Library Reference MC M 150289 Orientation Landscape Colour Info Black and white Credit Martin Charles / RIBA Collections Subject Brickwork ; Cast iron ; Docks ; Doors ; Riverside buildings ; Warehouses
NOTES: Built between 1799 and 1806, the West India Docks were the first of London's great enclosed docks. These two warehouses are all that remain of the row of nine warehouses designed by the Gwilts, later extended upwards in 1827 by Sir John Rennie.
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