▁non - h az ard ous ▁goods , ▁with ▁eight ▁more ▁w are h ouses ▁occupied ▁by ▁other ▁ten ants . ▁They ▁were ▁described ▁as ▁all ▁being ▁of ▁brick ▁and ▁in ▁good ▁repair , ▁" age ▁considered ". ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁it ▁was ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁wh arf ▁was ▁to ▁under go ▁re building ▁and ▁un ification ▁with ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁Bot olph ▁Wh arf . ▁John ▁Kn ill ▁& ▁Company ▁( sub sequently ▁the ▁F resh ▁Wh arf ▁Company ) ▁purchased ▁the ▁wh arf ▁out right ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁the ▁F resh ▁Wh arf ▁Company ▁le ased ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁front age ▁from ▁C ox ▁and ▁Hamm ond ' s ▁Qu ay ▁to ▁London ▁Bridge ▁Wh arf . ▁The ▁w are h ouses ▁of ▁F resh ▁Wh arf ▁and ▁C ox ▁and ▁Hamm ond ' s ▁Qu ay ▁were ▁dam aged ▁during ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War ▁by ▁a ▁V - 1 ▁flying ▁bomb ▁strike ▁that ▁demol ished ▁the ▁nearby ▁Nich ol son ' s ▁Wh arf . ▁They ▁were ▁replaced ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁with ▁a ▁ten - store y ▁w are house ▁constructed ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁expanded ▁New ▁F resh ▁Wh arf , ▁with ▁four ▁million ▁cub ic ▁feet ▁of ▁storage ▁space . ▁This ▁only ▁last ed ▁twenty ▁years ; ▁with ▁the ▁collapse ▁in ▁traffic ▁to ▁the ▁London ▁do cks ▁that ▁followed ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁container ization ▁the ▁wh