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Burrells Wharf is a riverside residential estate in London, England in the south-central Docklands. Rectangular and adjoining on a shorter side the River Thames (facing Deptford) Burrells Wharf is in part of Poplar historically and sometimes termed Millwall on the Isle of Dogs close to that part of Poplar which became Cubitt Town in the 19th century. The latter twin riverside communities have a shared large green area including a city farm. The residential estate is one of 18 buildings or groups of buildings on the peninsula to be architecturally listed in the national sense. ==History== (詳細はMiddlesex fishing, watermen and farming community. By the 19th century Millwall Iron Works had been built on this land. From 1855-58 Sir William Fairbairn built early iron ships here and undertook the model tests for the development of the box girder original Britannia Bridge which connected Anglesey until damaged by fire and replaced with a different type of tall bridge. John Scott Russell bought the works and was instrumental in building here ''The SS Great Eastern'', where it was launched. This was an uppermost size steam and sail ship built in 1858 and designed by engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The ship may not have lasted long in its commercial use, but the shipyard and site where it was launched have fared better.〔Fautley, C. (2011) Discovering London's Docklands. Oxford: Shire Pubklications〕 Some of the land developed in the 20th century into a pigment/dye factory, having immediate access to the various imports required in Poplar. These relocated elsewhere in the late 1980s with the decline of the Poplar docks as a functioning commercial port in favour of larger facilities for container ships. In 1988 Burrells was converted to residential use and consists of 400 apartments with central leisure facilities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burrells Wharf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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