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Armstrong accumulator tower of octagonal shape with chimney stack. Listed building. Tower damaged in WW2 and shortened as a result. Accumulator towers were used to provide power to the cranes in the docks. Regent's Canal Dock (now Limehouse Basin) was served by collier ships that brought from the North East ports It was then offloaded into barges that delivered it to gasworks in the vicinity. Norway Wharf - at right angles to the Dock - stored timber from Scandinavia. '
