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©Sebastian Ballard
View eastward, towards site of Blackwall terminus (now Brunswick Wharf Power Station); ex-Great Eastern, Fenchurch St. - Stepney - Millwall Junction - Blackwall line. This was the original rope-worked line of 1840 (steam locomotives from 1846): it lost its passenger service (Millwall Jct. - Blackwall) from 3/5/26 (goods at Blackwall end from 14/11/27, although freight continued to East India Dock until about 1976); the line curving right served the Midland Railway Dock. The Docklands Light Railway (Beckton and Woolwich branches) has been built since 1987 over part of this formation and this is now the site of Blackwall DLR station.
©Ben Brooksbank
A view of Blackwall station and surrounding scenery
©Phillip Perry
The new tunnel provides a two lane roadway heading south. The original Victorian tunnel runs to the west of this one.
©Pete Chapman
View NE, towards Beckton, London City Airport and Woolwich Arsenal, on routes open to Beckton 28/3/94, London City Airport and Woolwich (opened 12/1/09, King George V 2/12/05).
©Ben Brooksbank
Looking north-northeast.
©Robert Lamb
View eastward, towards Beckton at this time.
©Ben Brooksbank
View eastward, towards Beckton, with westbound train arriving.
©Ben Brooksbank
Looking north-northeast.
©Robert Lamb
Ex Midland Railway Company pumping station and accumulator tower built 1881 to power equipment in the coal handling depot in Blackwall Yard. This was alongside the LOndon & Blackwall Railway Poplar (1st) Station. It is now a wine warehouse and has been thoroughly gutted. You also wouldn't know there had been a railway and station alongside.
©Chris Allen
Robin Hood Gardens, a council housing development completed in 1972, is an example of "brutalist" architecture. In 2008, an attempt was made to get Listed Building status for the estate, but this was unsuccessful. This blocks, which are owned by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, is due to be demolished.
©Malc McDonald
The warehouse is a disused pump house
©PAUL FARMER
Pedestrian and cycle underpass at the junction of Preston's Road and Aspen Way.
©Malc McDonald
View westward, on the then Beckton branch approaching Poplar, with the Aspen Way road flyover on the left.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.1km<br/>This footpath allows pedestrians to pass under the A1261 dual carriageway, leading from Poplar Dock towards Poplar High Street.
©David Anstiss

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