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The Royal Albert Dock is one of three docks in the Royal Group of Docks of East
The dock, which was designed by Sir Alexander Rendel as an extension to the Victoria Dock, was constructed by 
Redevelopment in the late 20th century included the construction of
File:0809-SK-ABP-RAD-Hi-022.jpg, View from the riverside
File:RAD view from waterside.jpg, A new waterside development and commercial district
File:0809-SK-ABP-RAD-Hi-069.jpg, RAD London Altitude Lobby
File:RAD London Singlo Square.jpg, RAD London Singlo Square
File:RAD London – Dauphin Square 1.jpg, RAD London – Dauphin Square
File:0809-SK-ABP-RAD-Hi-032.jpg, View from the riverside
File:0809-SK-ABP-RAD-Hi-014.jpg, View from the riverside
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File:RAD entrance from Beckton Park DLR.jpg, Entrance to the dock from Beckton Park DLR station
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File:Newham Dockside building (geograph 4037925).jpg, Building 1000
London
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in the United Kingdom
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, now undergoing major redevelopment.
History
The dock, which was designed by Sir Alexander Rendel as an extension to the Victoria Dock, was constructed by Lucas and Aird
Lucas and Aird was a major civil engineering business operating in the 19th century.
History
The business was formed as a joint venture between Lucas Brothers and John Aird & Co. in 1870. The joint venture was dissolved in 1896.
Major projects
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and completed in 1880. Two dry docks and machine shops were established to the south at the western end for ship repairs by R & H Green & Silley Weir (later River Thames Shiprepairs Ltd). From the 1960s onwards, the Royal Albert Dock experienced a steady decline – as did all of London's other docks – as the shipping industry adopted containerisation
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers and ISO containers). Containerization is also referred as "Container Stuffing" or "Container Loading", which is the pro ...
, which effectively moved traffic downstream to Tilbury
Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a 16th century fort and an ancie ...
. It finally closed to commercial traffic along with the other Royal Docks in 1981.
Redevelopment in the late 20th century included the construction of London City Airport
London City Airport is a regional airport in London, England. It is located in the Royal Docks in the Borough of Newham, approximately east of the City of London and east of Canary Wharf. These are the twin centres of London's financi ...
which was built on the south bank of the dock with a single runway and completed in 1987. At the eastern end of the north bank the University of East London Docklands Campus
The University of East London Docklands Campus is a campus of the University of East London (UEL) situated in the Docklands area of east London. The campus opened in 1999. It is one of two campuses in UEL, the other being the Stratford Campus ...
opened in 1999. Redevelopment also included the London Regatta Centre
The London Regatta Centre (now formally known as Royal Docks Watersports Centre) is a rowing and dragon boat racing centre located in the Docklands area in the East End of London. It is built at the west end on the northern quayside of the histo ...
which was built at the western end of the north bank and opened in 2000. In the early 20th century 'Building 1000' was built on the north bank of the dock at a cost of £70 million and was completed in 2004.
In May 2013, the Mayor of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority. The role was created in 2000 after the Greater London devolution referendum in 1998, and was the first directly elected mayor in the United Kingdom.
The current m ...
, Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Fo ...
, announced a development of the Royal Albert Dock which would be worth £6 billion to the capital's economy and would create over 20,000 jobs. With CITIC Construction assigned as main contractor, and Multiplex
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assigned as principal sub-contractor, construction officially began in June 2017.
Phase 1 of the project was completed in the first quarter of 2018, consisting of 21 buildings with 460,000 sq ft of office space and 140,000 sq ft of retail and public realm. Phase 2 is expected to begin late 2020, which will consist of further office and retail spaces, along with residential units and membership clubs.
However, in February 2022, the business park was described as a "ghost town", half finished and mostly empty.
Gallery
See also
* Albert Dock Seamen's HospitalReferences
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