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On 27/05/2021 20:14, Theo wrote:
Recliner wrote:
No, the history of them, how they formed the life-blood of the whole dock
system, and what happened to them after the docks closed. A working scale
model of a dock with its cranes and trains would be good, too.

A Port of London museum could be quite interesting. Do any of the existing
museums cover that? There's NMM Greenwich not to away, but that's not London
focused.


The Science Museum used to have on display a superb 3D map of the Port
of London but it, along with most of the maritime gallery with it's
collection of ship models, has been in store for decades. Last time I
saw it was about 30 years ago.


--
Graeme Wall
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Theo wrote:
Recliner wrote:
No, the history of them, how they formed the life-blood of the whole dock
system, and what happened to them after the docks closed. A working scale
model of a dock with its cranes and trains would be good, too.

A Port of London museum could be quite interesting. Do any of the existing
museums cover that? There's NMM Greenwich not to away, but that's not London
focused.


The Museum of London branch in Docklands (near Canary Wharf) has some
coverage, but I don't recall any coverage of the dock railways. It's more
about the trade through the docks, than the workings of the docks
themselves.

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On Thu, 27 May 2021 21:02:18 +0100, Robin wrote:

On 27/05/2021 20:14, Theo wrote:
Recliner wrote:
No, the history of them, how they formed the life-blood of the whole dock
system, and what happened to them after the docks closed. A working scale
model of a dock with its cranes and trains would be good, too.

A Port of London museum could be quite interesting. Do any of the existing
museums cover that? There's NMM Greenwich not to away, but that's not London
focused.


Museum of London holds their archive but I don't know if they routinely
have anything on display.

The Museum of London Docklands is well worth a visit.

https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/mu...ndon-docklands

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On Thu, 27 May 2021 20:45:43 -0000 (UTC), Recliner
wrote:

Theo wrote:
Recliner wrote:
No, the history of them, how they formed the life-blood of the whole dock
system, and what happened to them after the docks closed. A working scale
model of a dock with its cranes and trains would be good, too.

A Port of London museum could be quite interesting. Do any of the existing
museums cover that? There's NMM Greenwich not to away, but that's not London
focused.


The Museum of London branch in Docklands (near Canary Wharf) has some
coverage, but I don't recall any coverage of the dock railways. It's more
about the trade through the docks, than the workings of the docks
themselves.


Beat me to it.

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On Fri, 28 May 2021 06:28:06 +0100
Trolleybus wrote:
On Thu, 27 May 2021 21:02:18 +0100, Robin wrote:

On 27/05/2021 20:14, Theo wrote:
Recliner wrote:
No, the history of them, how they formed the life-blood of the whole dock
system, and what happened to them after the docks closed. A working scale
model of a dock with its cranes and trains would be good, too.

A Port of London museum could be quite interesting. Do any of the existing
museums cover that? There's NMM Greenwich not to away, but that's not London

focused.


Museum of London holds their archive but I don't know if they routinely
have anything on display.

The Museum of London Docklands is well worth a visit.

https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/mu...ndon-docklands

Yup. And its free (or was back when I worked down there). There's a good
section on the jubilee line.

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On 27/05/2021 20:14, Theo wrote:
Recliner wrote:
No, the history of them, how they formed the life-blood of the whole dock
system, and what happened to them after the docks closed. A working scale
model of a dock with its cranes and trains would be good, too.

A Port of London museum could be quite interesting. Do any of the existing
museums cover that?

Museum of London Docklands


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK