Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents; Acknowledgements ; Preface; Chapter One The Romans and Early Saxons; Chapter Two The Medieval Port; Chapter Three At the Centre of the World; Chapter Four The New Docks of the EarlyNineteenth Century; Plate section ; Chapter Five Towards the Age of Steam; Chapter Six The Port of London Authority; Chapter Seven The Closure of the Upper Port and the Development of Docklands; Chapter Eight The Modern Port of London; Selective Bibliography ; Index.