Boston, The Docks 1893
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Built south of the town, the new docks were 825 feet long by 450 feet wide and are still busy. However, none of the buildings survive, although the dock walls and the entrance abutments in the distance remain. Boston's Tudor decline was steep: the wool trade upon which the town had waxed fat faded away, and the river silted up. It was not until the 18th century that the town recovered, and the railway arrived in 1848. A new dock was authorised by Act of Parliament in 1881 and was opened in 1882, partly paid for by the Great Northern Railway, who extended a branch line to it.
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