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Let's get something straight - 4

Reveley's final plan is basically just the reverse of his first - instead of cutting off the top of Greenwich Reach, cut two channels connected by its bottom, isolating the two northern bends instead. Total dock acreage: a "mere" 559.

 

Given what we now know about river ecology it's just as well the Thames straightening megaproject never took place. On the other hand, the opening titles of EastEnders would have looked very different!

 

Taken from public domain British Library image here.

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Uploaded on May 26, 2025