Cubitt's Town Dock

A dry dock on the east side of the Isle of Dogs, opening onto the River Thames, north of Poplar Dock

1877 Cubitt and Co had a cement factory on the plot; they leased it to Thomas Rugg who built a new graving dock on the site, similar in size and construction to Poplar Dry Dock; it was 362ft long, with a wood and concrete bottom, wooden sides and gates, and two large dolphins. The contractor was Samuel Chafen of Rotherhithe.

1886 Thomas Rugg sold the dock to the Dry Docks Corporation of London as part of its planned amalgamation of London graving docks.

After the failure of the Dry Docks Corporation in 1888, the dock and yard were occupied by Rait and Gardiner, shiprepairers, until c1912, when the premises were taken over by Wilkinson, Heywood and Clark, the proprietors of the adjacent wharves. They closed the dock.

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Sources of Information

• [2] British History Online