Silvertown
English
Etymology
Silver + town, after S. W. Silver and Co, a company that established a rubber works there in 1852.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪlvətaʊn/
Proper noun
Silvertown
- An industrial district, south of West Ham in the borough of Newham, Greater London, on the north bank of the Thames (OS grid ref TQ4180).
- 1946 May and June, J. G. Holmes, “The North Woolwich Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 174:
- In 1852, Silver and Company established a factory adjacent to the line, and prospered to such an extent that the locality became known as Silvertown.
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