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community was very isolated.

Most people who lived here worked for the chemical factory, or on the river, on the barges or as Lightermen. The area was surrounded by marshes and fields full of grazing cows and horses. For much of the 20th century Creekmouth was the location of the former Barking Power Station; the current station is further east near Dagenham Dock.

The 1953 North Sea flood

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