John Stockdale
Docklands and the Isle of Dogs, 1798
8 x 19 ½ in
20 x 49 cm
20 x 49 cm
LDN7003
New Channel for the River from Woolwich Reach to Bell Dock A map of Henry Willey Reveley's radical scheme to straighten the River Thames by digging a channel straight through...
New Channel for the River from Woolwich Reach to Bell Dock
A map of Henry Willey Reveley's radical scheme to straighten the River Thames by digging a channel straight through the Isle of Dogs, creating three natural wet docks from the former bends in the river.
This map was part of a government report proposing several schemes to ease navigation to the docks of east London and accommodate the vast increase of shipping, particularly from the East and West Indies.
Henry Willey Reveley, the proposer of this scheme would later travel to Cape Colony where he was tasked to improve Table Bay Harbour. From there he accompanied James Stirling, the founder of Perth, Western Australia on his sea voyage to the the Swan River Colony. Ultimately, Reveley would become chief engineer for all public works in the Colony.
Unsurprisingly, this dramatic proposal for a new channel was never realised, most likely due to the cost and labour involved in such a scheme. Had it been successful, Reveley's design would have completely reshaped the city of London as we know it today.
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A map of Henry Willey Reveley's radical scheme to straighten the River Thames by digging a channel straight through the Isle of Dogs, creating three natural wet docks from the former bends in the river.
This map was part of a government report proposing several schemes to ease navigation to the docks of east London and accommodate the vast increase of shipping, particularly from the East and West Indies.
Henry Willey Reveley, the proposer of this scheme would later travel to Cape Colony where he was tasked to improve Table Bay Harbour. From there he accompanied James Stirling, the founder of Perth, Western Australia on his sea voyage to the the Swan River Colony. Ultimately, Reveley would become chief engineer for all public works in the Colony.
Unsurprisingly, this dramatic proposal for a new channel was never realised, most likely due to the cost and labour involved in such a scheme. Had it been successful, Reveley's design would have completely reshaped the city of London as we know it today.
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