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West India Dock will be partially drained in the next few weeks as Crossrail construction continues in Canary Wharf.

Piling has now been completed at the site known as Adams Place, and Crossrail has claimed work is "proceeding to schedule" as the £16billion project enters 2010.

A group of five historic barges are to be converted into restaurants and residential units for the Docklands area.

British Waterways has brought the Spits Barges from the Netherlands to help draw office workers to the water.

Click here for The Wharf's gallery of the Crossrail launch event.

The seed of Crossrail was planted over a century ago. It has attracted delays, debate and dreamers imagining a London network with elbow room.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and London Mayor Boris Johnson were among the many who saw the £15.9billion project get underway in Canary Wharf today. The Wharf was there to gauge their reactions.