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33: 266:, current owner of Enderby Wharf, to implement a less polluting solution for the cruise terminal. Residents of the area proposed it should be "zero emissions", supporting ships able to use onshore electrical power without the need to run their engines while docked. Some cruise ships already support the use of shore power, while others are being adapted to do so. 257:
It was expected that up to 55 large cruise ships would dock there every year. Each would need to run its diesel engines continuously to power onboard facilities, generating large polluting emissions near residential areas and schools. While London has strict regulations on air quality and emissions,
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assisting in the acquisition of the naval ammunition wharf. It was Samuel Enderby III who initially developed the site along with brothers Charles and George, who acquired the site for a ropeworks. Enderbys also built Enderby House in the early 1830s, which stands today as a listed building among
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for a housing estate, called Enderby Wharf. Enderby House, the original office building, was within the Barratt site but stood disused for several years before being developed to become a bar and restaurant, which opened in April 2021.
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and associated equipment, and is one of the most important sites in the history of submarine communications.
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In 2010 a proposal was made to turn 3 acres (12,000 m) of the river frontage of the site not in use by
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A Crawley-based company called Telcon and claiming a heritage back to 1864 was spun off from BICC in 2006.
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gave his approval to a revised application for a larger terminal in August 2015.
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and then to Alcatel of France in 1994. In 2006 Alcatel merged with US company
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they do not apply to the Thames, which is in the jurisdiction of the
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The wharf was first developed commercially by the whaling company of
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Cable loading gear preserved on the wharf, 2007. In the distance is
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In 1935 the site came into the ownership of the newly formed
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
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is a wharf and industrial site on the south bank of the
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Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Telcon)
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In the 1860s Glass, Elliot and the 79:approach road, across the river from 7: 632:Matthew Taylor (26 September 2018). 288: 286: 246:in 2011, subject to approval by the 170:. Some of the cross-channel, D-Day 429:"Alcatel Submarine Networks UK Ltd" 75:. It is between the Thames and the 27:Former industrial site in Greenwich 599:Machan, Teresa (5 February 2016). 303:National Heritage List for England 25: 273:for further housing development. 186:, in 1970 the company passed to 57:submarine communication cables 1: 738:Wharves in the United Kingdom 230:Proposed cruise ship terminal 117:transatlantic telegraph cable 728:Industry on the River Thames 198:. It subsequently passed to 733:Cable manufacture in London 764: 212:Alcatel Submarine Networks 298:"Enderby House (1079026)" 174:was made at the wharf in 93:Samuel Enderby & Sons 352:. Telcon. Archived from 260:Port of London Authority 248:Greater London Authority 155:were absorbed into the 38:Greenwich Power Station 663:The Construction Index 580:. BBC. 28 January 2011 458:The Construction Index 105:Glass, Elliot & Co 67:The wharf lies on the 41: 356:on 12 September 2012. 178:. After ownership by 35: 328:. 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Index

Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company

Greenwich Power Station
Thames
Greenwich
submarine communication cables
Greenwich Peninsula
Greenwich
Blackwall Tunnel
Cubitt Town
Samuel Enderby & Sons
Morden College
W.T.Henley
North Woolwich
transatlantic telegraph cable
Corsica
Sardinia
Lowestoft
Zandvoort
Malta
Alexandria
Sicily
Algeria
Gutta Percha Company
SS Great Eastern
Pluto pipeline
World War II
BICC
AEI
STC

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