Dagenham Dock
| Dagenham Dock | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Dagenham Dock from the Thames | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ487828 |
| Location: | 51°31’31"N, -0°8’35"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 7,855 (2011) |
| Post town: | Dagenham |
| Postcode: | RM9 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Barking and Dagenham |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dagenham and Rainham |
Dagenham Dock is an industrial district created into a new industrial port town on the north bank of the River Thames in Essex. It is to the south of Dagenham.
This was once the site of a large coaling port and continues to be the location of a small terminal licensed to handle coal off-loading. Today the site is used for a number of river-related operations including a 25-acre XPO Logistics depot with around 200 tanks for the storage of petrol, distillates, aviation fuel, biofuels, tallow, ethanol, fertilisers, and urea.[1]
To the east of Dagenham Dock are Hornchurch Marshes. To the west, beyond The Gores waterway is Barking Riverside.
History
The dock was constructed at the site of Dagenham Breach, an area of flooded marsh caused by the breaching of the sea wall in 1707, and repeatedly flooded in the 18th-century. After a number of failed attempts, in 1865 Sir John Rennie built a jetty and a branch railway, but the company failed financially.[2] The site was acquired and Dagenham Dock was constructed over 30 acres from 1887 by Samuel Williams. Historic records of Samuel Williams & Sons and John Hudson Ltd are held at Barking and Dagenham Archive Service, Valence House Museum[3] although the full collection has not yet been fully catalogued.
Early in the 20th-century, HMS Thunderer, the last major warship built on the Thames, was fitted out at a new jetty, still known as the Thunderer Jetty.[2]
Wholesale market
Barking Reach Power Station was constructed between 1992 and 1995 on Chequers Lane, and was the first major generating station to be built in London for many years. Decommissioning of the power station started in 2018.
In December 2018, the City of London Corporation acquired Barking Power Ltd along with the Barking Reach Power Station site. The historic City of London Corporation is obliged to provide wholesale markets through legislation enacted in the Victorian era. It proposes to relocate Billingsgate Fish Market from Poplar, Smithfield Meat Market the edge of the City and New Spitalfields Market from Leyton to a new consolidated site.[4]
References
- ↑ "25 acres of bulk liquid storage facilities on the Thames". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719190736/http://www.tdg.eu.com/bulk-liquid-storage.asp.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A History of the County of Essex - Volume 5 pp 281-294: Dagenham: Economic history and local government (Victoria County History)
- ↑ Records of Williams Hudson Group, 1869-1981. Valence House Collections. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ↑ "City Corporation acquires Barking Reach Power Station site". City of London Corporation. 18 December 2018. https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-corporation-acquires-barking-reach-power-station-site/.