Millwall Dock

[1] The construction was undertaken by Kelk and Aird and the dock was officially opened in March 1868.

[1] After a slow start to the business and financial difficulties, Kelk and Aird surrendered control of the company to lawyers acting for the investors in December 1868.

[1] In recognition of its settled status the business was renamed the Millwall Dock Company in 1870.

[7] The Docklands Sailing and Watersports Centre, located at the far West end of the dock where the dock previously connected to the Thames,[8] was established by the London Docklands Development Corporation and the Sports Council at a cost of £1.2 million in 1989.

The western end of the Outer Dock was originally connected to the Thames at Millwall by an 80 ft (24 m) wide channel.

Millwall Inner Dock facing towards Canary Wharf
Disused timber footbridge at the entrance to the old dry dock at Clipper Quay, with an engine and a customs furnace in the background
Map of the Isle of Dogs showing the docks from The Pocket Atlas and Guide to London , 1899