London Docklands Timeline
(archived from http://www.avp.co.uk/lddctime.htm )
| 1614 | East India Co started to use blackwall anchorage. |
| 1700 | Howland Dock opened. |
| 1763 | Howland Dock renamed Greenland Dock. |
| 1802 | West India Dock Co opened docks. |
| 1805 | London Dock Co opened a dock at Wapping. |
| 1806 | East India Dock Co opened docks. |
| 1807 | Greenland Dock bought by Commercial Dock Co. |
| 1807 | Surrey docks South Dock opened. |
| 1812 | London Dock Co opened Tobacco Dock. |
| 1828 | St. Katharine Dock Co Opened a dock. |
| 1829 | West India Dock Co bought City Canal. |
| 1833 | West India Dock Co bought East India Dock Co. |
| 1850 | Surrey docks South Dock bought by Commercial Dock Co. |
| 1855 | Victoria Dock Co open a dock. |
| 1864 | London Dock Co and St Katharine Dock Co merge. |
| 1864 | Surrey Commercial Dock Co formed by merger of Commercial Dock Co and Grand Surrey Dock and Canal Co. |
| 1866 | The merged London Dock Co and St Katharine Dock Co buy Victoria Dock. |
| 1868 | Millwall Dock Co opened dock |
| 1870 | City Canal enlarged as West India South Dock |
| 1876 | Canada Dock built |
| 1880 | Royal Albert Dock opened. |
| 1886 | Tilbury Dock opened. |
| 1888 | London and India Docks Committee formed. |
| 1889 | Dockers strike for the ‘Dockers Tanner’ (2.5 pence per hour) |
| 1904 | Greenland Dock enlarged. |
| 1909 | Port of London Authority took over all enclosed docks in London and Tilbury. |
| 1921 | King George V Dock opened. |
| 1947 | National Dock Labour Board created |
| 1955 | 32,000 Registered port workers. |
| 1967 | National Dock Labour Scheme ended casual labour |
| 1967-70 | Smaller docks closed. |
| 1969 | 23,000 Registered port workers. |
| 1973 | 12,000 Registered port workers. |
| 1980-81 | West India, Millwall and Royal Docks closed. |
| 1981 | July. Legislation passed creating the London Docklands Development Corporation with responsibility for regenerating 5,100 acres of former docks in East London. |
| 1986 | July. LDDC unveils Dockland highways programme. |
| 1987 | July. Olympia and York sign master building agreement to provide 12.2 million sq.ft of offices on a 71 acre site centred on Canary Wharf. |
| 1987 | August. HM The Queen opens London Docklands Light Railway. (DLR) |
| 1987 | October. London City Airport opens. |
| 1989 | National Dock Labour Scheme ended. |
| 1989 | November. Work begun on Limehouse Link Tunnel. |
| 1990 | April. Contract let to extend DLR to Bank station. |
| 1991 | July. DLR links to bank station complete. |
| 1991 | August. First companies move into Canary Wharf. |
| 1991 | September. Planning permission granted for runway extension to City Airport. |
| 1991 | December. Lower Lea Crossing opened, linking Isle of Dogs and Royal Docks. |
| 1992 | February. Britains largest social housing scheme for 10 years is opened – Winsor Park in Beckton. |
| 1992 | March. London City Airport extension opened. |
| 1992 | May. Olympia and York place Canary Wharf into Administration. |
| 1992 | Tilbury Docks sold to a management buyout. |
| 1993 | May. Limehouse Link Tunnel opened |
| 1993 | October. Canary Wharf taken out of Administration. |
| 1993 | December. Work started on Jubilee Line Extension. |
| 1994 | March. Beckton DLR extension opened |
| 1994 | March. Development of West Silvertown Urban village started |
| 1994 | October. Bermondsey Riverside handed on to London Borough of Southwark commencing a phased programme of de-designation of LDDC |
| 1995 | Tilbury Docks sold to Forth Ports |
| 1995 | December. Beckton successfully de-designated and handed over to London Borough of Newham. |
| 1996 | February. An IRA bomb explodes at South Quay, killing two people, injuring many more and creating extensive damage to businesses and houses. |
| 1996 | August. Norton Healthcare announce proposed purchase of 25 acre site in Royal docks for its European head office. |
| 1996 | August. Citibank announces plans to build new UK headquarters at Canary Wharf. |
| 1996 | September. Construction work started on �0 million DLR Lewisham Extension |
| 1996 | December. Lottery Sports Fund grants �9 million for a 2,000 metre rowing course at Royal Albert Dock. |
| 1996 | December. Surrey Docks de-designated |
| 1997 | January. Wapping and Limehouse de-designated |
| 1997 | February. LDDC announce highest office take up in 9 years. |
| 1997 | October. Isle of Dogs de-designated |
| 1998 | March. LDDC completes its regeneration remit with de-designation of Royal Docks |
To suggest additions to this page please email directors@balticquay.london