Located on the river Thames in London, Millwall, England was urbanized in the early 19th century after the creation of the West India Docks. It is the construction place of the SS Great Eastern, the first double hulled ship ever built and the largest ship in the world from the time it was built in 1859 till its scrapping in 1889.
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"The Millwall Docks: The docks." Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. Ed. Hermione Hobhouse. London: London County Council, 1994. 353-356. British History Online. Web. 5 February 2020. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols43-4/pp353-356.
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