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Original ferry pier opened by the Great Eastern railway after it reached North Woolwich in 1847, before the main part of Woolwich received its railway. The railway ferry struggled on after the free ferry started in 1889 but stopped running in 1908. The pier was used for excursions, in part, and also for a towage company's tugs. It has been out of use since around the 1980s. '
