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2 unusual facts about Docklands


Honeysuckle, Newcastle

The Honeysuckle development utilised a top-down, modernist, rational model based on similar urban renewal projects worldwide, such as New York's Battery Park City, London’s Canary Wharf, and Melbourne’s Docklands.

Victorian Ice Hockey Association

VIHA operates its leagues out of two venues of the Olympic Ice Skating Centre based in Oakleigh South and the Icehouse based in Docklands.


Atlantic Quarter

The Atlantic Quarter was described as capable of rivalling Dublin's docklands area and acting as a counterweight to the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin and the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.

Batman's Hill

The site now forms the eastern border of the Melbourne Docklands (a precinct of the Docklands development is also named Batman's Hill) and is dominated by Southern Cross Station and the Collins Street bridge built in 2002 to replicate the original curve and shape of the hill.

Destination Docklands

Destination Docklands was an event consisting of two concerts by musician Jean Michel Jarre on the Royal Victoria Docks, Docklands, London on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9 October 1988, to coincide with the release of Jarre's new album Revolutions.

Docklands Light Railway rolling stock

Docklands Light Railway rolling stock is the passenger trains and service vehicles (collectively known as 'rolling stock') used on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), which serves the London Docklands area in the east of London.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority

In November 2006, a consortium headed by property developer Bernard McNamara, and including financier Derek Quinlan and the Dublin Docklands Development Authority paid €412m for the 25 acres former Irish Glass Bottle site in Ringsend in Dublin.

East India Station

East India DLR station, a station on the Docklands Light Railway, London, England

East London Inventors Club

East London Inventors' Club (also known as ELIC) was set up at the University of East London (at their Docklands campus) as a way for inventors in the area to get together and share their expertise and resources.

Fraser Tranter

In May 1998, a win in the Farmer's Walk helped Fraser towards a 2nd place finish in the UK Docklands Strongman Challenge, and this in turn led to an invite to the 1998 World's Strongest Man in Morocco.

Harbour Town

It is located in the Waterfront City precinct, underneath the Melbourne Star Ferris wheel.

History of rail transport in Ireland

In September 2010 services began from Dunboyne to Dublin Docklands after the redevelopment of 7.5 km section of the old Navan railway line which had been closed in 1963 from Dunboyne to Clonsilla on the Maynooth line.

Langdon Park

Langdon Park DLR station, a Docklands Light Railway station in Poplar, London, United Kingdom

London Docklands Development Corporation

The London Docklands Development Corporation was established by the then Secretary of State for the Environment, Michael Heseltine, under section 136 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

Melbourne Star

The Melbourne Star (previously Southern Star) is a giant Ferris wheel in the Waterfront City precinct in the Docklands area of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.

Riversway

The ward is in the southeast of the city, curving along the route of the Ribble from Broadgate to the docklands, where the river eventually meets the Fylde coast, and ultimately the Irish Sea.

Royal Victoria Dock Bridge

The Royal Victoria Dock Bridge is a signature high-level footbridge crossing the Royal Victoria Dock in the Docklands area of east London designed by London-based architects and designers Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.

Songs from the 86 Tram

The album is notable for its theme; narrating the lives of passengers on board a Melbourne tram, navigating the Route 86, from Bundoora to Docklands via Northcote, Collingwood and through the Melbourne CBD.

St Anne's Limehouse

With the redevelopment of the East London Docklands in the late 20th Century, over 100,000 people work in the Canary Wharf area, and a large part of this centre of business and finance lies within the parish of St Anne's Church.

Telehouse Europe

In 2012, Telehouse built their own primary substation, at 50MVA and two 132kVA power lines directly connected to the National Grid for the London Docklands site.

The Troubles in Bessbrook

He was responsible for the 1996 Docklands bombing and Baltic Exchange bombing.

UK Power Networks

As well as the 3 distribution arms UK Power Networks also operates UK Power Networks Services Holdings Limited, which develops and maintains electrical networks for clients like London Underground, Heathrow and Stansted airports, Docklands Light Railway and Canary Wharf.

Wildsurf

Ash said of the video: "Howard took us to the Natural History Museum in London. There we shot performance against giant video screens and metallic globes. We also headed to East London for more performance shots in the Docklands area. The video follows a sci-fi looking chick obsessed with water. She has some kinda weird aqua car and then ends up surfing a tsunami which destroys the city. The final special effect shot is so tacky and crap it's laughable!"


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