The London Docklands
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- A Brief History
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- Caption: The Banking HQ
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- 1855
- Royal
- Victoria Dock built for steam ships. Had direct rail link at quayside
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- By
- 1886 - there were 7 enclosed dock systems within the Port of London:-
- London and St Katherine's Docks, the Surrey
- Docks, the West India Docks, the Millwall
- Docks, the East India Docks, the Royal Victoria Dock, and the Royal Albert
- Dock.
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London docklands- the world’s largest port
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- •Traditional
- port activities, e.g ship
- repairs
- •Heavy
- engineering
- •Food
- processing
- •Warehousing
- •Muddle
- of factories
- •Poor
- housing
- •New
- communities
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- •55,000
- ship movements a year
- •35
- million tons of cargo handled a year
- •100,000
- men employed in Port of London
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- •1962
- Rochdale report – suggested that smaller docks in heart of London were not
- viable for the future
- •Larger
- docks at Tilbury should be developed
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- •As
- docks began to close numerous plans were put forward by PLA, GLC,
- various boroughs, etc.
- •Accepted
- that Docklands needed renewal
- •What
- to do in the face of a planning shambles?
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- •Set
- up by Michael Heseltine to manage Docklands Urban Development Area on 2 July
- 1981 (following Act of Parliament 1980)
- •Was
- an Urban Development Corporation (UDC)
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- “The
- place was a tip: 6,000 acres of forgotten wasteland” (Michael Heseltine, 1981)
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- •Bring
- land and buildings into effective use
- •Encourage
- development of existing and new industry
- •Create
- attractive environment with housing and social facilities to encourage people
- to live and work in the area
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- •Catastrophic
- job losses
- •95%
- social housing
- •Severe
- dereliction
- •Poor
- infrastructure
- •Poor
- links with London and UK/Europe
- •General
- depression
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- •Acquisition
- of land, including compulsory purchase
- •Planning
- autonomy
- •Powers
- to renew infrastructure
- •Channel
- for government resources
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- •Massive
- investment by public and private sectors
- •Over
- 1,000 acres sold for redevelopment
- •144km
- new and improved roads
- •Docklands
- Light Railway
- •24,000
- new homes built
- •2,700
- business trading
- •New
- health centres, schools, colleges
- •85,000
- employed in Docklands
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- Caption: Opened in 1987
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- Caption: Canada Tower
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Thames Gateway Bridge -the future?
- Caption: A possible development for the future
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- London Docklands. Decline and renewal
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