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Coordinates: 51°30′38.89″N 0°1′37.78″W / 51.5108028°N 0.0271611°W / 51.5108028; -0.0271611
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Looking down West India Road from the junction with Commercial Road. Canary Wharf is visible in the distance.

West India Dock Road is a road in Limehouse in London's East End. It connects Commercial Road with the entrance to the West India Docks.

History

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Ralph Walker, engineer of the West India Dock company, laid the road out in 1802. A single storey building served as a toll booth until 1871.[1]

Historic buildings on the road include the Strangers' Home for Asiatics, Africans and South Sea Islanders (opened 1857, demolished 1937) and the West India Docks railway station (opened 6 July 1840, closed 3 May 1926).

References

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  1. ^ "West India Dock Road | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. British History. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

51°30′38.89″N 0°1′37.78″W / 51.5108028°N 0.0271611°W / 51.5108028; -0.0271611

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