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Description: | The enclosed docks fought back through aggressive expansion in the late 19th century, gaining business through the introduction of better facilities. The Millwall Docks, built in 1865-8 on the Isle of Dogs, cornered London's huge grain trade through the deployment of ingenious pneumatic grain-handling machinery and vast granaries, this 11-storey building of 1900-3 being the biggest. | Subjects: | Dock Transport Grain Warehouse | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | not known | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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