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Beckton history
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Beckton is named after Simon Adams Beck, the governor of the Gas Light and Coke Company when work building Beckton Gas Works began in November 1868.
Beckton sewage works
Beckton Sewage treatment works were first established in 1864 as part of Joseph Bazalgette’s scheme to remove sewage (and hence reduce disease) from London by creating two large sewers from the capital. The site was mooted in 2005 as the location for a desalination plant, but the proposal was rejected by Mayor Ken Livingstone as environmentally unacceptable.
Beckton gasworks
Beckton Gas Works, the largest gasworks in Europe, closed in 1976. An extensive toxic spoil-heap from the Gasworks was known ironically as ‘Beckton Alps’ Originally running from the Northern outfall sewer south to Winsor Terrace, this was landscaped in the 1980s.
Urban development
Beckton has been redeveloped as part of the Docklands project. It now comprises mainly housing and several out-of-town shopping centres. Small areas of Victorian housing survive in Winsor Terrace, originally built as accommodation for Gas Light and Coke Company staff.
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