Cargo Collection (page 9)

Western traders loading cargo in Yokohama. Japanese pentaptych print shows an American ship in the harbor at Yokohama, Japan; small boats ferry cargo which is being carried up a gangplank

Distributing ship cargo of standard buggies coast of Australia

Advertisement for refrigeration units for ships
An advertisement for The Bell-Coleman Mechanical Refrigeration Company of Glasgow and London, Makers of Cold Air and Ice Making Machinery, as used on board various ships

Advertisement for refrigeration equipment for ships
Advertisement for the Dry Air Refrigerator or Freezing Machine, from the Haslam Foundry & Engineering Co Ltd of Derby, showing refrigeration equipment for ships. circa 1883

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (6 / 7)
Commercial sailing craft moored up in the harbour at on the banks of Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) at Riva. The barge in the foreground still contains its cargo of cut timber

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (4 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (2 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (1 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

The Great Halifax (Nova Scotia) Explosion (3 / 4)
Disaster at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6th December 1917, when a French cargo ship, the SS Mont-Blanc caught fire in the harbour and drifted inland

Seville, Spain - Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold). A dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain, built by the Berbers during the Almohad dynasty in order to control access to Seville via

Unloading cargo
Unloading the ship Helle, Harbour of Trelleborg

Grand Union Canal Boats
Holiday making by canal! A pair of converted narrow boats, with their cargo of happy holidaymakers, on the Grand Union Canal near Heyford Wharf, Northamptonshire. Date: 1960s

Steam Whipping Engine by J. Scott Russell and Co
Technical drawing depicting a patent Steam Whipping Machine constructed by Messrs. J. Scott Russell and Co. of Millwall and used to load and discharge cargo on screw collier ships. Date: 1856

Landing opium from the Pekin at Hong Kong
Men landing opium at Hong Kong from the Pekin Date: 1857

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

Engineer installing dock pilings
An engineer installing dock pilings, to facilitate the loading and unloading of cargo

Music sheet cover for Erin Go Bragh Quadrille
Music sheet cover for the Erin Go Bragh Quadrille by Charles d Albert (1809-1886), with a view of the Custom House Quay in Dublin, Ireland, at sunset

Argentina - Buenos Aires - The Port
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Partial view of the Port. Photo (3/40) from a fold-out set

Czech Republic - Decin - on the border with Germany - a spa town. Cargo transported by road, rail and water all passes through the town

French navy blocade
Part of the intercepted cargo destined for Germany, 502, 000 tons of merchandise were at the point of the picture already confiscated

French navy WWII
French navy police climbs on board a boat to supervise the cargo

Ships in Dock
A large cargo steamship in Dock, alongside a row of low barges. Watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

Moored ships
Ships Moored up by a woodyard. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Marseilles, France - The Quay
Marseilles, France. The Quayside with wine barrels lined up ready for export

Poster depicting Penang, Malaysia
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, showing a busy scene in Penang, British Malaya -- now Malaysia

Nelson Line poster
Poster in French advertising the Nelson Line and its Paris agents J.M. Currie & Co, a cargo shipping line which began in the 1880s and pioneered the carriage of refrigerated goods, including meat

Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Cargo steamers await the opening of Navigation at Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada. The name of two cities on the Saint Marys River

Natives unloading cargo from boats
Native men unloading cargo from boats, in an unidentified location. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Loading supply ship, World War I
Loading a supply ship at the docks for transport overseas during World War I

Barnes Railway Bridge
The railway bridge at Barnes, carrying the loopline across the Thames to Smallbery : the sailing boat in the foreground is evidently used to carry cargo by water

Hoisting a new boiler into a Cargo Liner, 1916
Illustration showing a 200-ton floating crane hoisting a new boiler into a cargo liner of the British Merchant Navy, at a British port, 1916. The name of the liner appears to be T Winfield

Romanian Troops attacking Ghemesh Station, Austro-Hungaria
Illustration showing the surprise attack launched by Romanian troops on Ghemesh railway station in Austro-Hungaria, 1916. On the first day of hostilities between these two countries the Romanians

The Witch of the Wave Clipper Ship, 1852
Engraving showing the American Clipper ship, Witch of the Wave, Thames Estuary, 1852. This ship, commanded by Captain Millett, brought a large cargo of tea from Canton to London

Landing Oranges at Fresh Wharf, London Bridge, 1874
Engraving showing the belly of a cargo ship, being unloaded of oranges at Fresh Wharf, London. The oranges, in rectangular crates

The Lost Cunarder
Photograph of the Lusitania, a floating palace, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of 1200 lives

Landing Cotton at Liverpool, 1875
Engraving showing the deck of a cargo ship as it is unloaded at Liverpool docks, by stevedores and dock workers. At left can be seen the bales of cotton and on the right

USA / New Orleans / Levee
Ships await their cargo, which is piled high on the Levee at New Orleans

Ipswich Custom House
The old Custom House and Dock buildings at the Quayside, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Pool of London 1930S
Cargo being loaded and unloaded on the River Thames at the Pool of London

Cornish Coal Lorry
Cornish coalmen unloading coal from their lorry onto a ship before it sets sail from the harbour with its cargo of China clay

Robinson Crusoe / Defoe
With this cargo I put to sea Crusoe abandons the sinking wreck with as much equipment as his raft can hold

In the Suez Canal
A cargo vessel crosses the trench of Toussoun

Vietnamese Cargo Boat
Tonkin cargo boat

Shipping the Atlantic Telegraph onboard the Great Eastern
Engraving showing Isambard Kingdom Brunels steam-ship Great Eastern receiving the Atlantic cable from a smaller vessel. The cable was manufactured at Messrs

Ships in Suez Canal
Two cargo steamers pass in one of the wider stretches of the Canal : note the desert areas on either side of the cutting

Custom House / Dublin
A prospect of the Custom House and Essex Bridge in Dublin. This new Custom House met with opposition from merchants who felt moving downriver would lessen their properties value

Mail Coach / Cargo of Game
DECEMBER The Norwich to London mail coach transports a large cargo of game, including turkey rabbits, partridge and pheasant

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