2017

TQ4080 : Great Swim "village", Royal Victoria Dock

taken 7 years ago, near to Blackwall Tunnel, Greenwich, England

Great Swim "village", Royal Victoria Dock
Great Swim "village", Royal Victoria Dock
Great Swim Series

The Great Swim Series is a series of 5 open water swims, each of 1 mile long.
Venues are Royal Victoria Dock (Millwall Dock in 2013),
Alton Water Park, Ipswich, Salford Quays, Windermere, & Strathclyde Country Park.
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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: Sport, Leisure Docks, Harbours
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TQ4080, 1217 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 1 July, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 4 December, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4056 8069 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:30.4600N 0:1.4383E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 4055 8069
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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