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Description: | This flamboyant Edwardian building in Trinity Square was the first headquarters of the Port of London Authority (P.L.A.), and was built in 1912-22 by Sir Edmund Cooper. It suggests the newfound confidence of this public authority, set up in 1908 to amalgamate the warring private dock companies.
Previously the dock companies frequently went on strike, and their neglect of the infrastructure and internecine competition were affecting the Port of London as the centre for world trade.
One of the P.L.A.'s most important first steps was the reduction and regularisation of the docking charges. This was popular with ship-owners and merchants. It also carried out the long overdue dredging of the Thames, so that seagoing ships with deep hulls could navigate the waters. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Environment Power and Politics Cityscape | Temporal: | 14 May 1923 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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