Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company

Millwall Canal, Wharfs and Graving Docks Act 1864[a]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act for incorporating "The Millwall Canal Company," and for authorizing them to make and maintain Canals and other Works in the Isle of Dogs, and thereby, and by the Appropriation of Works and Lands there, to provide Accommodation for Shipping and Waterside Accommodation for Shipbuilding and other Businesses requiring Water Frontage; and for other Purposes.
Citation27 & 28 Vict. c. cclv
Territorial extent United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent25 July 1864
Commencement25 July 1864[b]
Repealed23 December 1920
Other legislation
Amended by
Repealed byPort of London (Consolidation) Act 1920
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company was a 19th-century company set up to develop the central area of the Isle of Dogs in east London. Originally called the Millwall Canal Company, the act of Parliament for the incorporation of the company, the Millwall Canal, Wharfs and Graving Docks Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. cclv) received royal assent on 25 July 1864.[1]

The plans that led to the foundation of the Millwall Freehold Land and Dock Company were first devised by Nathaniel Fenner and Robert Fairlie.

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References

  1. ^ Guillery, Peter (1990). "Building the Millwall Docks" (PDF). Construction History. 6.