The original Picture of London (1826) (14797746583)

Identifier: originalpictureo00felt (find matches)
Title: The original Picture of London
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: (Feltham, John) (from old catalog) Britton, John, 1771-1857
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Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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All theordnance used by government are lirst proved in this place. At Woolwich, also, is the Royal Military Academy for theeducation of cadets, &c. This is a handsome castellated edificemore than 200 yards in length, designed by the late Mr. JamesWyatt. The ArlUIery Barracks, erected in recent years, form a pro-digy even among our late expensive war establishments. Thisbuilding is on the common, and near it, on the south-west sideof the barrack-field, is the Royal Military Repository, in whichis a piece of water and canals for experiments with gun-boats,&c. The Marine Barracks is likewise an extensive modernbuilding, at a short distance westward from the artillerybarracks. Strangers, who wish to view the objects worthy of attentionat Deptford, Greenwich, and Woolwich, which are of a naturein a great degree peculiar to the British empire, may, in warmweather, and if the tide serves, very pleasantly efiect their in-tentions, by takrrig a boat for the day at Billfng-^rate or tl.e
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WEST INDIA DQCKA, 407 Tower; or they may avail themselves of one of the Gravesendsaihng or steam boats. J/ie West India Docks.—These immense works, which forma d^pat for the shipping in the West India trade, are amongthe prominent wonders of British commerce. They were un-dertaken in pursuance of an act of parliament, passed in 119%intituled, The West India Dock Act. The entrances intothem are at Black wall and Limehouse-hole; their site iswholly on the Isle of Dogs; and upon the wharfs and quay^adjoining theiti, all West India ships unload and load theircargoes. J he northern dock, for unloading inwards, is in extent 2600by 510 feet, and 29 feet deep, covering a space of .SO acres,and capable of containing from two to three hundred sail ofships. The Export Dock, situated to the south of the other,covers an area of twenty-four acres, and its size is 2800 by 400f^et, being also 29 deep. Both docks are surrounded by aseries of immense warehouses. The proprietors of this capital mercan