St Katharine Docks is a former dock in the St Katharine's and Wapping electoral ward of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies in the East End on the north bank of the River Thames, immediately
St Katharine Docks, London
Early model of St Katharine Docks
Plan drawn up for the St Katharine Dock Company showing the street and buildings which would need to be demolished to make way for the new dock
Opening of St Katharine Docks, 25 October 1828
The Port of London is that part of the River Thames in England lying between Teddington Lock and the defined boundary with the North Sea and including any associated docks. Once the largest port in th
St Katharine Docks
…River Thames, immediately downstream of the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. From 1828 to 1968, it was one of the commercial docks that made up the Port of London. It is in the redevelopment zone known as the London Docklands and is now a housing and leisure complex. St Katharine Docks took their name from the…
Former Port of London Authority Building, 10 Trinity Square, Tower Hill
The London docks in 1882. The King George V Dock (and Tilbury Docks, much further downstream) had not yet been built.
Charles de Lacy, "Mist in port, London"
Workers of the port of London unloading "Argentine chilled beef", August 1935