Docks

NOTES: The North Docks complex of buildings was constructed between c. 1830 and c. 1848, to the designs of Jesse Hartley.

NOTES: The North Docks complex of buildings was constructed between c. 1830 and c. 1848, to the designs of Jesse Hartley.

NOTES: The North Docks complex of buildings was constructed between c. 1830 and c. 1848, to the designs of Jesse Hartley. These warehouses are now a hotel.

NOTES: The North Docks complex of buildings was constructed between c. 1830 and c. 1848, to the designs of Jesse Hartley. Lyster's Tobacco Warehouse has been converted into apartments.

NOTES: The North Docks complex of buildings was constructed between c. 1830 and c. 1848, to the designs of Jesse Hartley.

NOTES: Cast iron windows were used for the first time in the West India Dock warehouses. 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.

NOTES: These incombustible circulation routes were carefully separated from the storage areas. 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.

NOTES: The original timber posts were replaced by cast iron stanchions in 1814. 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.

NOTES: The original timber posts were replaced by cast iron stanchions in 1814. 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.

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.

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.

NOTES: The original timber posts were replaced by cast iron stanchions in 1814. 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.