John Stockdale
West India Docks, 1796
14 x 21 in
36 x 53 cm
36 x 53 cm
LDN7010
Mr. S. Wyatt's Plan of the Proposed Docks at the Isle of Dogs from Blackwall to Limehouse Hole. Printed diagram of Samuel Wyatt's proposal for the building of a...
Mr. S. Wyatt's Plan of the Proposed Docks at the Isle of Dogs from Blackwall to Limehouse Hole.
Printed diagram of Samuel Wyatt's proposal for the building of a series of docks designed for loading and unloading for ships from the West Indies.
The scheme was initiated by a group of merchants with large interests in the Caribbean trade who felt that the current arrangements to unload their goods in the Pool of London were poorly managed and unsafe. They petitioned Parliament to find alternate location for a series of docks which would only be accessible to merchant ships from the West Indies.
Samuel Wyatt, a marine civil engineer, drew a proposal for Parliament for a group of docks on the northern part of the Isle of Dogs. These were printed in a report for Parliament and after some deliberation, the proposal was approved.
This resulted in the construction of the West India Docks, finished in 1802.
A small panel provides a statistical analysis on the lower centre of the map.
Coloured. [LDN7010]
Printed diagram of Samuel Wyatt's proposal for the building of a series of docks designed for loading and unloading for ships from the West Indies.
The scheme was initiated by a group of merchants with large interests in the Caribbean trade who felt that the current arrangements to unload their goods in the Pool of London were poorly managed and unsafe. They petitioned Parliament to find alternate location for a series of docks which would only be accessible to merchant ships from the West Indies.
Samuel Wyatt, a marine civil engineer, drew a proposal for Parliament for a group of docks on the northern part of the Isle of Dogs. These were printed in a report for Parliament and after some deliberation, the proposal was approved.
This resulted in the construction of the West India Docks, finished in 1802.
A small panel provides a statistical analysis on the lower centre of the map.
Coloured. [LDN7010]
