The East and West India Dock Company was formed by the merger of the West India Dock Company and the East India Dock Company in 1838.
History West India Dock Company
The West India Dock Company was created by the Port of London Improvement and City Canal Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. lxix). The docks opened on the Isle of Dogs in 1802.
East India Dock Company
The East India Dock Company was created by the East India Docks Act 1803 (43 Geo. 3. c. cxxvi). It had been promoted by the East India Company. The docks, located to the north-east of the West India Docks, opened in 1806.Morning Chronicle, 31 July 1806, page 2
Amalgamation
The West India Dock Company took over the East India Docks by the (1 & 2 Vict. c. ix), and was renamed the East and West India Dock Company.
In the last act of a game of leapfrog with the London and Saint Katharine Docks Company, the East and West India Dock Company obtained the East and West India Dock Company's Extension Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. xc), built the Tilbury Docks.
London and India Docks Company The East and West India Dock Company operated in cooperation with the London and Saint Katharine Docks Company after the London and Saint Katharine and East and West India Docks Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. cxliii) was passed and the docks passed into the management of the London and India Docks Joint Committee, with representatives of both companies.
The two companies formally merged by the London and India Docks Amalgamation Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cxi) as the London and India Docks Company on 1 January 1901.
Port of London Authority On 31 March 1909, by the Port of London Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 68), the London and India Docks Company was taken over by the Port of London Authority.
See also London and Saint Katharine Docks Company
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