Following the successful creation of the West India Docks which opened in 1802, an Act of Parliament in 1803 set up the The East India Dock Company, promoted by the Honourable East India Company.
The docks were located to the north east of the West India Docks. They were based on the existing Brunswick Dock, which had been used for fitting out and repairing ships as part of Blackwall Yard. The Brunswick Dock, which had originally been connected directly to the Thames to the south, became the Export Dock. To the north the company built a larger 18 acre (73,000 m2) Import Dock. Both were connected to the Thames via an eastern entrance basin.
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