Blackwall
Proper noun
Meaning
A neighbourhood in the borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England, alongside the Thames (OS grid ref TQ3880).
A suburb in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
A neighbourhood in Ipswich, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
A rural locality in northern Tasmania, Australia.
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By 1614, the yard having become too small, an alternative site was acquired at Blackwall : the new yard was fully operational by 1617.
Another plot being released for low-cost home ownership is at Portree Street in Blackwall, next to the Lea River.
The core of the route ran alongside the Great Eastern line out of London and south along the former London & Blackwall Railway line through the Isle of Dogs.
The existing Brunswick Dock, part of the Blackwall Yard site, became the Export Dock; while a new Import Dock was built to the north.
The London and Blackwall Railway (another rope-hauled application) was equipped with the Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph when it opened in 1840, and many others followed.