The ‘banana’ wall, former Export Dock, West India Docks, Canary Wharf, London E14

• Autores: Alison Telfer, Andrew Westman
• Localización: Post-medieval archaeology, ISSN 0079-4236, Vol. 48, Nº. 2, 2014, págs. 311-319
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A standing building survey in 2001 recorded a section of the former southern wall of the West India (middle) Export Dock, in East London, built between 1803 and 1806. This revealed the extent of skilful engineering involved in construction of the wall; the main brick build incorporated a curving or banana-shaped section, both for structural stability and to accommodate the profile of ships’ hulls. This was laid onto a wooden frame, previously unrecorded, for which coniferous timbers were used, supported by a series of wooden piles, driven into the natural gravel. The wall is also the earliest known example of reinforced brickwork. This new study provides considerable additional information on the construction of the wall, and of Georgian engineering in this form.