St Katherine Docks | London

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Today I visited St Katherine Docks Marina here in London.
St Katharine Docks is a former dock and now a mixed-used district here in Central London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and within the East End. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, 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 Docklands and is now a popular housing and leisure complex.
History:
St Katharine Docks took their name from the former hospital of St Katharine's by the Tower, built in the 12th century. An intensely built-up 23-acre (9.5 hectares) site was earmarked for redevelopment by an Act of Parliament in 1825, with construction commencing in May 1827. Some 1250 houses were demolished. Around 11,300 inhabitants, mostly port workers crammed into unsanitary slums, lost their homes. The scheme was designed by engineer Thomas Telford and was his only major project in London. George Turnbull and James Waylen were working for Telford. To create as much quayside as possible, the docks were designed in the form of two linked basins (East and West), both accessed via an entrance lock from the Thames. Steam engines designed by James Watt and Matthew Boulton kept the water level in the basins about four feet above that of the tidal river. By 1830, the docks had cost over £2 million to build.
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Discover London by JK
London, May 2021