Erection date: 1989
{Around the rim:}
London Docklands 1989
Surrey Commercial Docks 1896
Designer Michael Rizzello
SE16, Stave Hill
The redevelopment of this area in 1984 resulted in this mini-mountain, Stave Hill. Seems that so many buildings were demolished that even after all the docks were filled in there was still a large amount of rubble left over.
Limehouse basin has a similar model.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Surrey Commercial Docks - relief model
The south bank of the Thames used to be in Surrey, now in Southwark. The firs...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Surrey Commercial Docks - relief model
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