London's Docklands A History of the Lost Quarter Paperback Gideon Yates Charles John Hartnoll

Charles John Hartnoll

the Port of London was the biggest in the world

The first of the American-style newspaper palaces in the street

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London's Docklands A History of the Lost Quarter Paperback Gideon Yates Charles John HartnollIn its heyday, the Port of London was the biggest in the world. It was a sprawling network of quays, wharves, canals and basins, providing employment for over 100,000 people. From the dockworker to the prostitute, the Romans to the Republic of the Isle of Dogs, London's docklands have always been a key part of the city. But it wasn t to last. They might have recovered from the devastating bombing raids of the Second World War but it was the advent of