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  • Blackwall, London
    Blackwall, London
    Blackwall is an area of the East End of London, situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the north bank of the River Thames.The district around Blackwall Stairs was known as Blackwall by at least the 14th century. This presumably derives from the colour of the river wall, constructed in...

     - An area of east London, UK
    • Blackwall Tunnel
      Blackwall Tunnel
      The Blackwall Tunnel is a pair of road tunnels underneath the River Thames in east London, linking the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the London Borough of Greenwich, and part of the A102 road. The northern portal lies just south of the East India Dock Road in Blackwall; the southern...

       - The main crossing of the River Thames in east London
    • The former shipyard Blackwall Yard
      Blackwall Yard
      Blackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987...

    • The former shipyard at Leamouth, London of Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company
      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 on the west side and at Canning Town on the east side...

       and others.
    • Blackwall Frigate
      Blackwall Frigate
      Blackwall Frigate was the colloquial name for a type of three-masted full-rigged ship built between the late 1830s and the mid 1870s. They were originally intended as replacements for the British East Indiaman in the trade between England, the Cape of Good Hope, India and China, but from the 1850s...

       - A class of merchant sailing ship built at Blackwall Yard
    • London and Blackwall Railway
      London and Blackwall Railway
      Originally called the Commercial Railway, the London and Blackwall Railway was a railway line in east London, England. It ran from the Minories to Blackwall via Stepney, with a branch line to the Isle of Dogs, thus connecting central London to many of London's docks in the 19th and 20th centuries...

      • Blackwall railway station
        Blackwall railway station
        Blackwall railway station was a railway station in Blackwall, London, that served as the eastern terminus of the London and Blackwall Railway. It was located on the south side of the East India Docks, near the shore of the River Thames. It opened on 6 July 1840 with services connecting with a ferry...

         - former eastern terminus of the railway
      • Blackwall DLR station
        Blackwall DLR station
        Blackwall is a station on Docklands Light Railway in east London. The station is close to the northern entry to the Blackwall road tunnel under the Thames....

         , a station in East London on the Docklands Light Railway
    • Blackwall Buildings
      Blackwall Buildings
      Blackwall Buildings were built in 1890 in Thomas Street, Whitechapel. Thomas Street was later renamed Fulboune Street. They were demolished in 1969.- History :...

       - philanthropic housing built by the London and Blackwall Railway in Whitechapel
    • Blackwall Basin - part of the West India Docks, London
    • Blackwall Point - a point opposite Blackwall on the Greenwich Peninsula, London
  • Blackwall, New South Wales
    Blackwall, New South Wales
    Blackwall is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located immediately south of Woy Woy on Brisbane Water, north of Sydney. It is part of the City of Gosford local government area....

     - A suburb on the of New South Wales, Australia
  • Blackwall, Queensland
    Blackwall, Queensland
    Blackwall is a locality near the city of Ipswich, Australia....

     - A suburb in Queensland, Australia
  • Blackwall, Tasmania
    Blackwall, Tasmania
    Blackwall is a small town located at Gravelly Beach on the western side of the Tamar River, north of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. At the 2001 census, Blackwall had a population of 521....

     - A suburb in Tasmania, Australia

  • Blackwall Reach (disambiguation), any of several points with that name

Persons with surname Blackwall

  • Anthony Blackwall
    Anthony Blackwall
    The Reverend Anthony Blackwall , was an English classical scholar and schoolmaster.-Early life:...

     (1672-1730), English clergyman
  • John Blackwall
    John Blackwall
    John Blackwall was a British naturalist.Blackwall lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until his death...

     (1790-1881), English naturalist

Other

  • HMS Blackwall (1696)
    HMS Blackwall (1696)
    Blackwall was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Blackwall Yard in 1696.In September 1705, whilst under the command of Captain Samuel Martin Blackwall, along with two smaller vessels, had been ordered to convoy some merchantmen to the Baltic...

    , a 50-gun ship of the English Royal Navy
  • Blackwall hitch
    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 if subjected to more than ordinary tension. Human...

    , a method of temporarily attaching a rope to a hook
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