Cargoes Collection

Coal Narrow Boats
A pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Limehouse Dock 1827
Limehouse Dock, where cargoes arriving in London by sailing ship are transferred to the Regents Canal (Grand Union) whose terminal is here

Unloading Ships at London Docks, 1908
Illustration showing various cargoes coming ashore at London Docks, in the East End of London, 1908. Elephants tusks, barrels

Simeon Lord
A portrait painting of Simeon Lord, a pioneer merchant and magistrate in Governor Lachlan Macquarie's day. He became one of Sydney's wealthiest men, and often traded shipping cargoes

X-ray had proven useful in World War One, for locating bullets and foreign bodies in wounded men and also detection of any contraband

Unloading fresh oranges 1900
Dockers unloading oranges at London Bridge, Wharf in the orange season. Packed in boxes or chests, containing 1, 000 oranges each. Oranges coming from Malta, Sicily, Spain and Portugal and Florida

Blitz in London -- warehouse in Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- the remains of a warehouse in Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London. Surrey Docks was extensively bombed on 7 September 1940, and on subsequent nights

St Malo, Brittany, France (Emerald Coast)
Lightermen (and women) (" Garbarriers" ) - at St Malo, Brittany, France. Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays

Home on a raft of logs - East Prussian Canal. Date: circa 1920s

Turning basin, Houston, Texas, USA, showing ocean-going vessels loading and unloading cargoes. Date: circa 1928

Commandeering meat for the army during World War I
Cargoes of frozen meat were commandeered by the Government on arrival in the UK. On the eve of the war the prices of provisions shot up suddenly but the Government stepped in

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

Americans throwing the cargoes of the Teaships into the river, at Boston. Date 1789

MOON IN 1585
LUNA drives her chariot, drawn by two lady hunters, over the Earth where fishermen are at work, merchants are unloading their cargoes and the sea is busy with shipping

Limehouse Docks, at the entrance to the Regents Canal. Cargoes are transferred from the sea-going vessels to barges for transport on the canal

EMPRESS OF CANADA
Canadian Pacific liner, sailing between Vancouver and China and Japan, carrying not only regular passengers but 900 Asiatics and cargoes of silk

Trading Centre
Intercontinental Trading Port where Aircraft Land to Unload and Load their Cargoes of Merchandise

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