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Blackwall, London Blackwall is an area of Poplar, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London. The neighbourhood includes Leamouth and the Coldharbour conservation area. The area takes its name from a historic stretch of riverside wall built along ...
, an area of east London, UK **
Blackwall Tunnel The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, England, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road. The northern portal lies just south ...
, the main crossing of the River Thames in east London **
Blackwall Yard Blackwall Yard is a small body of water that used to be a shipyard on the River Thames in Blackwall, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987. History East India Company Blackwall was a sh ...
, a former shipyard **The former shipyard at Leamouth, London of
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf (often referred to as Blackwall) on the west side and at Cannin ...
and others. **
London and Blackwall Railway Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway (L&BR) in east London, England, ran from Minories to Blackwall, London, Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, connecting central London to many o ...
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Blackwall railway station Blackwall was a railway station in Blackwall, London, that served as the eastern terminus of the Commercial Railway (later the London and Blackwall Railway). It was located on the south side of the East India Docks, near the shore of the Ri ...
- former eastern terminus of the railway ***
Blackwall DLR station Blackwall is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Blackwall area of Poplar in London, England. It is located very close to the northern entrance to the Blackwall road tunnel under the River Thames. The station is on the Beckton branch ...
, a station in East London on the Docklands Light Railway **
Blackwall Buildings Blackwall Buildings were housing blocks built in 1890 in Thomas Street, Whitechapel. Its first tenants were rehoused from an area that had been cleared during railway construction work, and they paid a nominal rent. By the late 1960s the buildings ...
- philanthropic housing built by the London and Blackwall Railway in Whitechapel *
Blackwall, New South Wales Blackwall is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, south of Woy Woy on Brisbane Water, north of the Sydney CBD. It is part of the local government area. The suburb includes a boat ramp and a bushland recreati ...
- A suburb in New South Wales, Australia *
Blackwall, Queensland Blackwall is a neighbourhood within Chuwar in the City of Brisbane, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , ...
- A suburb in Queensland, Australia *
Blackwall, Tasmania Blackwall is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of West Tamar in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania, Australia. The locality is about south-east of the town of Beaconsfield. The 2016 census has a population of 270 for th ...
- A suburb in Tasmania, Australia *
Blackwall Reach (disambiguation) Blackwall Reach may refer to: *Blackwall Reach (Western Australia) - a section of the Swan River in Western Australia *Blackwall Reach, a section of the River Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a r ...
, any of several points with that name


People

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Blackwall (surname) Blackwall is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anthony Blackwall (1672–1730), English clergyman *John Blackwall John Blackwall (20 January 1790 – 11 May 1881) was an English naturalist with a particular interest in spid ...


Other

* Blackwall Frigate - A class of merchant sailing ship built at Blackwall Yard *
Blackwall hitch The blackwall hitch is a temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook. Made of a simple half hitch over the hook, it will only hold when subjected to constant tension. It is used when the rope and hook are of equal size, but it is likely to slip ...
, a method of temporarily attaching a rope to a hook * HMS ''Blackwall'' (1696), a 50-gun ship of the English Royal Navy * Blackwall, a character in the 2014 video game '' Dragon Age: Inquisition''


See also

* Blackwell (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo