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History
James Elmes' chart of the port, London rental accomodation 1837, showing the enclosed docks at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign.
The London docks in 1882. The King George V Dock had not yet been built.
Tilbury in 1946, before major expansion as a container port.

The Port of London has been central to the economy of London since the founding of the city in the 1st Century and was a major contributor London rental accomodation to the growth and success of the city. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was the busiest port in the World, with wharves extending continuously along the Thames for 11 miles, and over 1,500 cranes handling 60,000 ships per year. In World War II it was a prime target for the Luftwaffe during The Blitz London rental accomodation.

The Roman Port in London

London rental accomodation the first evidence of a reasonable sized trading in London can be seen during 50 to 270 BCE, at which time the Romans built the original harbor. The construction involved expanding the waterfront using wooden frames filled with dirt. Once these were in place the wharf was built in four stages moving downstream from the London Bridge (Brigham). The port began to rapidly grow and proper during the second and third century, and saw its final demise in the early fifth century with the decline in trade activity. The changes made to the banks along the London rental accomodation port made by the Romans are so substantial and long lasting that it was hard to tell where the natural waterfront really began (Milne).

[edit] Roman Use

London became a very important trading port for the Romans at its height in the second and third centuries. The harbor town grew and expanded quickly. The lavish nature of goods traded in London shaped the extravagant lifestyle of its citizens and the city flourished under Roman colonization London rental accomodation (Hall & Merrifield). The Roman expansion of port facilities and organization of the London harbor have remained as the base of the London harbor until today.

In the late 18th century an ambitious scheme was proposed by Willey Reveley to straighten the Thames between Wapping and Woolwich Reach by cutting a new channel across the Rotherhithe, Isle of Dogs and London rental accomodation Greenwich peninsulas. The three great horseshoe bends would be cut off with locks, as huge wet docks.[2] This was not realised, though a much smaller channel, the City Canal was subsequently cut across the Isle of Dogs.

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