Docks Collection (#21)

Docks and Basin at Braila, Romania Date: 1910

Silhouette of Harwich to Antwerp shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Antwerp shipping

Silhouette of Harwich to Zeebrugge shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Zeebrugge shipping (summer service only)

Galati, Romania - Military Marine Arsenal
The Military Marine Arsenal and the floating docks at Galti, Romania - the largest seaport on the Danube. Date: circa 1903

Ships at Dover
Two Channel Ferries at Dover - one setting off for Ostend, the other just in from Calais. Date: early 20th century

Opening of the docks at Birkenhead
The docks were opened on the 5th April 1847, with a great number of people coming to view the event. Steamers crossed from Birkenhead to Liverpool and back again for the whole day

Timber at Hull Docks
Loading timber onto a lighter at Victoria Dock, Hull, Humberside, England. Date: 1960s

Antwerp harbour, Belgium, WW1
The commercial harbour at Antwerp, Belgium, during the First World War, with interned ships. Date: 1914-1918

Loading cars
Imported cars are loaded on railway goods wagons, Landskrona Harbour, 1935. Date: 1935

Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1923 (7 / 9)
Tokyo Earthquake, Japan 1st September 1923 - the earthquake and typhoon killed an estimated 99, 300 people 1923

Moran Brothers Shipyard at Seattle
The Moran Bros. Shipyard at Seattle, Washington State, USA. Date: 1913

Alexandria, Egypt - Steam Packet Docks Date: circa 1910s

USA / San Pedro
Shipping docks at San Pedro, south California, U.S.A. Date: 1960s

Unloading cargo
Unloading the ship Helle, Harbour of Trelleborg

Seagulls a the Docks
Seagulls congregate at the docks. Date: late 1960s

Unloading Timber 1930S
Unloading timber from barges, an unfamiliar London scene, near the Surrey Docks. Date: 1930s

Grange Hill Beacon
Grange, Beacon, Grange Hill, Merseyside, England, a 60 feet high sandstone pillar erected by the Trustees of Liverpool Docks in 1841, as a navigational shipping guide. Date: 1950s

Warehouse Lorry
A Long Vehicle lorry, delivering a load of barrels to a London warehouse. Date: 1960s

Loading up a boat at a supply depot in UK, WW1
Loading up a boat destined for France at a supply depot somewhere in the UK during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Shetland Islands - Scalloway from the East
Shetland Islands - Scalloway harbour, castle and town from the East. The town has (in 20 years) grown considerably - in comparison to picture 10546891. Date: circa 1930s

Poona Division at Bombay Dock, India, WW1
Troops of the Poona Division embarking at Bombay Docks, India, for service in Mesopotamia at the start of the First World War. Date: October 1914

Ancient ships in a Roman seaport
An ancient Roman ships in a Roman seaport. Mercury, messenger of the gods and god of commerce, oversees proceedings from atop a column in the harbour

Statue of Liberty, New York, America
The Statue of Liberty and cranes at the docks silhouette in New York, America circa 2008

Valparaiso Bay, Chile Date: circa 1920s

Algeria - Quays and Custom House
Port and quayside at Algiers, looking toward the distinctive Consulate Palace. Note the French flag flying above the Customs Building (and the Palace). Date: circa 1910s

Docks and Workshops at Gibraltar
The No.1 and No.2 Docks and Workshops at Gibraltar Date: circa 1910s

North Woolwich Docks
Eventide at George V Dock Dock, North Woolwich, east London, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: 1930s

Copenhagen Harbour
Steamers and sailing vessels moored at the quays at Kvaesthusbroen, in Kjobenhavn harbour. Date: 1888

Dore / Dockers in Alley
Dockers handling barrels and other goods in a narrow alley between warehouses. Date: 1870

Ship in George V Dock
A large ship moored in Londons busy Docklands, King George V dock, North Woolwich, before the World War Two Blitz and the Docklands development. Date: February 1939

Docks / Wapping / 1800
The docks at Wapping. Date: 1800

St Nazaire Harbour
Harbour scene in the French port - huge cranes, and a steamer in the dry dock. Date: 1934

Austin Pickersgill
Aerial view of the Austin Pickersgill shipyard at Sunderland, England. Date: 1950s

Taking the census on board ship 1861
Taking the census on board ship in the West India Docks Date: 1861

England / Devonport / 1832
A general dock scene showing repairs, and sailors leaving and returning to their ships. Date: 1832

British / German Fight
At Milwall Docks, London, a fight breaks out between English and German sailors - a foretaste of things to come! Date: 1892

Docks / Deptford / 1810
The Royal Dockyard at Deptford Date: circa 1810

1936 Chrysler
Automobile (Cars). 1936 Chrysler Airflow automobile being loaded onto a French Line ship with a crane

1937 LaSalle
Automobile (Cars). 1937 LaSalle automobile being loaded onto a French Line ship with a crane; skyline visible beyond

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

Dublin 1850
View of the Custom House from the River Liffey, Dublin

Liverpool docks 1876
The corn warehouse and Waterloo dock at Liverpool

Docks, fishing vessels and smoke houses, Hull, Yorkshire
View of the docks in Hull (Kingston upon Hull), Yorkshire, with fishing vessels and smoke houses, where the fish was smoked

Duke of York at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The Duke of York (later King George V) and his entourage at Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, for the launch of the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert -- the third royal yacht to bear this name

Neyland landing stage and Pembroke Docks, South Wales
A GWR collier vessel tied up at low tide at the Neyland landing stage, with Pembroke Docks visible in the background, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales - Date: 1930s

Swansea Goods Yard, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the railway tracks at the Swansea Goods Yard, not far from the Docks, on the Great Western Railway in Glamorgan, South Wales

WW2 British Merchant Navy vessel
Typical of tens of thousands of their comrades in the merchant navy: the officers and crew of the Canadian-built " Fort Dease Lake" stand beside the ship they sail

City of Paris ship at Milford Haven Docks, South Wales
View of the City of Paris ship in for repair at Milford Haven Docks, South Wales, with a railway track in the foreground

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