Emmett St disappeared from the face of the earth with the development of the Canary Wharf Estate and the building of the Limehouse Link which begins close to here. Building began in 1989 and the road opened in 1993. It ran south from the end of Three Colts Lane at Milligan St to somewhere now underneath the Four Seasons Hotel, where a short right-angle turn to the east joined it to Westferry Rd, just a few yards to the north of what is now Westferry Circus.
 
This is the same corner shop photographed by Izis which I wrote about earlier by looking at the side facing Westferry Rd. To the left of the picture is Jack Summers (Kilning) Ltd, Emmett St Wharf E14, which offers 'Kiln Drying to the Trade', and is clearly still in business, with steam escaping from around the base of its chimney.
 
There is an extensive history of this site (and the rest of Limehouse Hole) on British History Online and it was first developed as a white lead factory by William Rice in 1717–20, his premises including a windmill and a drawdock. The windmill was used to grind the white lead fine enough to be used in paint. In 1780 the site became a timber-yard and later a scrap iron yard and more. In 1885 it became the Emmett Street Foundry and Wharf making "sashweights, columns, firebars, sanitary castings etc" until the company was wound up in 1916. It reverted to timber storage, and Jack Summers Ltd, timber merchants and kiln dryers took over the site in the 1960s and left in 1984-5.