2011

TQ3980 : O2 Arena seen across Royal Victoria Dock

taken 13 years ago, near to Blackwall Tunnel, Greenwich, England

O2 Arena seen across Royal Victoria Dock
O2 Arena seen across Royal Victoria Dock
O2 arena

The O2, is a large entertainment district on the Greenwich peninsula in South East London, including an indoor arena, a music club, a cinema, an exhibition space, piazzas, bars and restaurants. It was built largely within the former Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building built to house an exhibition celebrating the turn of the third millennium; as such, The Dome remains a name in common usage for the venue.
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Royal Victoria Dock :: TQ4180

The Royal Victoria Dock opened in 1855 it was the first of the Royal Docks and the first London dock to be designed specifically to accommodate large steam ships. It was also the first to use hydraulic power to operate its machinery and the first to be connected to the national railway network.
The Royal Victoria Dock consisted of a main dock and a basin to the west, providing an entrance to the Thames on the western side of the complex.
The dock was an immediate commercial success, as it could easily accommodate all but the very largest steamships. It was badly damaged by German bombing in World War II but experienced a resurgence in trade following the war. However, from the 1960s onwards, the Royal Victoria experienced a steady decline as the shipping industry adopted containerization, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury. It finally closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in 1980.
Since the 1980s the area around the dock has been redeveloped, including the ExCel Centre.


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Geographical Context: Docks, Harbours
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TQ3980, 859 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 2 July, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 1 September, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3916 8011 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.1680N 0:0.2150E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4032 8065
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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