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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 970 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TILBURY DOCKS , on the See also:

north See also:

SHORE

shore of the See also:

THAMES

Thames, in the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county of See also:

Essex, See also:

England. They See also:

lie opposite See also:

GRAVESEND

Gravesend 25 M. below See also:

LONDON

London See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge and about the same distance from the See also:

NORE, THE

Nore, being thus within the See also:

PORT

port of London. They were constructed in 1886 by the See also:

East & See also:

West See also:

India Docks See also:

COMPANY

Company, and were later owned by the London & India Docks Company. The docks are four in number, having, with tidal See also:

basin and entrance locks, a See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

AREA

area of 74 acres. The See also:

DEPTH

depth of See also:

WATER

water in the tidal basin is 25 ft. at See also:

low See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide and 44 ft. at high tide. The length of quayage is about 21 m., and there is extensive warehousing as well as See also:

ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation for passengers, as the largest passenger steamers trading with the Port of London lie here. Railway communication is provided by the London, Tilbury & Southend See also:

LINE

line, and there is See also:

DIRECT

direct connexion for goods See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic with all the See also:

NORTHERN

northern lines.

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