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London used to be the biggest port in the world . Many ships sail up the River Thames to the London Docks . These docks were built ____________________ in the city . There were many docks . You could stand on the ____________________ and see ships of all shapes and sizes . The ships were moving up and down with the tide . You might have ____________________ that the docks would last forever . But ____________________ brought an end to dockland . People started putting their goods into ____________________ and building new ships to carry them . It made more sense to build ports on the coast . Then people used trucks to bring the containers to the coast . This change ____________________ hard times to the London Docks .