Isle of Dogs (London)

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  WikiMapperWikiMapper

  What normally happens to meanders is that they gradually erode to leave a bypass-route which water flows through. The Isle of Dogs was at that stage before the docklands grew up. Had the docklands not been built, over time the water would have left sediments and eventually blocked up the curved water, leaving an ox-bow lake. Since the docks blocked up the bypass route, water now goes around the meander.

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  InigmaInigma

  The Isle of Dogs declared independence from the United Kingdom for a short period in 1970, blocking off the two roads leading into the area and turning it into what was effectively its own state! The campaign was an attempt to highlight the isolated nature of the area, and the lack of concern the authorities were showing towards alleviating the associated problems. The man at the centre of it all was Labour councillor Ted Johns who came to be portrayed as the state's 'president', and would later go on to launch a Thames-side boat invasion of GLC County Hall.

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