page_title: List of locations in the Port of London
section_title: Silvertown
hierarchical_section_title: List of locations in the Port of London / North bank / Silvertown
caption_attribution_description: The Thames Barrier prevents the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. It has been operational since 1984. When needed, it is closed (raised) during high tide; at low tide it can be opened to restore the river's flow towards the sea. Built approximately 3 km due east of the Isle of Dogs, its northern bank is in Silvertown in the London Borough of Newham and its southern bank is in the New Charlton area of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
context_page_description: This is a list of about 680 former or extant wharves, docks, piers, terminals, etc. of the Port of London, the majority of which lie on the Tideway of the River Thames, listed from upstream to downstream.
  Many of the docks closed after the mass uptake of containerisation changed the face of the industry and bringing about an end to an era, and a demise to the occupation of the docker as it then was.
  Those marked with a † have at present the status of a safeguarded wharf. Those in italics are no longer used for port or river transit related activities. Further remarks are made in brackets, including in some cases the present operator or cargo handled.
  It is estimated that in 1937, at the height of London's trade, there were around 1,700 wharves between Brentford and Gravesend. Today there are around 70 active terminals, each generally handling much greater volumes. Much of the cargo and commodities handling by the Port of London takes place in the downstream stretches of the Thames beyond Greater London, on the banks of south Essex and north Kent. The Port of London Authority controls operations from its base in Gravesend.
context_section_description: Odam's Wharf (originally chemical manure works, later Fisons)
  Clyde Wharf (originally Duncan, Bell & Scott sugar refinery, later United Alkali Company)
  Hall's Wharf
  Alexandra Wharf (formerly Carlsberg)
  Pinchin's Wharf, Nuplex resins (originally Pinchin Johnson & Associates paints, later AkzoNobel)
  Peruvian Wharf (originally Peruvian Guano Wharf) †
  Plaistow Wharf; Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup works (now supplied from main site)
  site of Royal Primrose soap works
  Manhattan Wharf †
  Mohawk Wharf
  Lyle Park
  Venesta Wharf (no longer usable) (formerly Venesta plywood factory, later Aluminium Foils Ltd)
  Deanston Wharf
  Sunshine Wharf †
  Crescent Wharf (formerly Brunner Mond, site of Silvertown explosion, later ICI)
  Minoco Wharf (Minoco, later Gulf Lubricants)(status as a safeguarded wharf now lost)
  Prince Regent's Wharf (originally Burt, Boulton & Haywood chemical works), now Thames Barrier Park
  Thames Barrier northern end
  Ward's Wharf
  Thames Road Industrial Estate
  Tay Wharf (formerly Keiller's marmalade factory, later Crosse & Blackwell)
  site of Silver's India Rubber, Gutta Percha & Telegraph Co works (later BTR Industries), now Thameside Industrial Estate
  Tate & Lyle Thames Refinery and jetty
  Cairn Mills (formerly Loders & Nucoline, later Loders Croklaan oil seed works)
caption: The Thames Flood Barrier in 2005
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