[BITList] Fwd: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Saltpetre Warehouse, Blackwall Basin

[John Feltham]

'The West India Docks: The buildings: warehouses',
Survey of London: volumes 43 and 44:
Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs (1994),
pp. 284-300.

Saltpetre Warehouse, Blackwall Basin.

Saltpetre, an import from India, first came to the West India
Docks with other East India goods in 1827. It needed secure
and isolated storage, and so in 1828 a Saltpetre Warehouse
was built on the south side of the Blackwall Basin, far from
other warehousing. It was designed by (Sir) John Rennie
and built by Jolliffe and Banks to hold 21,600 bags. The
warehouse was of brick with stone dressings and had four
divisions, each with an arched opening to the basin. It had
a timber internal structure and was served by a jetty, as
there was no quay.
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