Docks Collection (page 11)

Jumbo the elephant: the barge voyage to Millwall
Jumbo the African elephant was purchased by the American showman P.T Barnum from the Zoological Society of London in 1882

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857
Christened Leviathan in construction, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, showing the bows with shipbuilders on the sides of the vessel hanging form hoists. Date: 1857

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855
Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J

SUGAR AT BRISTOL 1823
Men unloading sugar from the West Indies at Bristol Docks. Date: 1823

Exterior of the Poplar Hospital in east India Road, London. Opened under the patronage of Samuel Gurney, MP to treat people who had suffered injuries in the docks. Date: 1858

View of one of the many L. N. E. R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers
View of one of the many L.N.E.R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers and other dock shipping through the dock area; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1930s

A sturdy chain tie-ring for mooring boats at a quayside. Date: 1950s

The Moored Monster Ben My Chree, the famous Isle of Man Steam Packet Company turbine steamship, at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

British naval warships in Plymouth Harbour, Devonshire, England, only months before the outbreak of World War Two. Date: February 1939

Emigrates just arrived off a steamer at the steps of Irongate, St. Katharines Docks, in the City of London, where they are met by a man who speaks their language

Royal Arch or Victoria Arch, Dundee, Scotland
circa 1909

The Harbour docks of Bayilov in the Sabail district of the city ​​of Baku
The Harbour docks of Bayilov in the Sabail district of the city ​ ​ of Baku, Azerbaijan. Date: circa 1910s

Prince of Wales / Prince Henry salute returning Duke of York
Edward Prince of Wales (1894-1972) (later King Edward VIII) and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) salute the return of Albert

Opening of the Birkenhead docks and parks 1847
Opening of the Birkenhead docks and parks. The park was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on the 5th April 1847 as the first publicly funded civic park in Britain. Date: 1847

Emigrants ship Ganges, departing for Canada 1870
Ganges, at Victoria Docks, London, about to depart for Canada. Date: 1870

Launch of HMS Caledonia 1862
Launch of Her Majestys armour-plated screw-frigate HMS Caledonia at Woolwich Date: 24 October 1862

Crosfields soap works, Warrington 1886
Various scenes in order of the interior and exterior of Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Soap Works at Bank Quarry, Warrington, Cheshire. Date: 1886

Floating dock, Deptford 1820
Floating dock, Deptford, London. Date: 1820

BIRKENHEAD DOCKS
A busy scene at the lock of Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

Harbour at Boulogne
The Douane (Customs House) in the harbour of Boulogne-sur- mer, principal port of entry for travellers from England. Date: circa 1860

CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARD
Transporting China Clay from Charlestown, near St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

MARSEILLE / JOLIETTE
A view of the docks at Marseille - full of sacks and barrels. Date: circa 1900

GREAT WOOL FLOOR / LONDON
The great wool floor at the London docks. Date: 1850

Custom House
View from the busy River Thames with boat full of trade. Date: Circa 1830

LOADING COTTON, USA
Cotton loaded on a Mississippi steamboat, at New Orleans Date: 1886

St Katharines Docks
View from the east of St Katharines Docks. circa 1830. Date: circa 1830

Victoria and Alfred Dock, Cape Town, South Africa
Scene at the Victoria and Alfred Dock, Cape Town, South Africa, with men and dogs. Date: circa 1900

Railway station, Nuevitas, Cuba, with the docks on the right. Date: circa 1920

Tower Bridge over the River Thames, London in the early morning. Date: 1950s

Purton Hulks, near Sharpness, Gloucestershire
The remains of one of the Purton Hulks. The old boats were deliberately sunk in 1950s to protect the banks of the Sharpness and Gloucester Canal at Purton, near Sharpness Docks

Bargeman, Gloucester docks
A male bargee leans on the wooden tiller of a canal narrow boat berthed in Gloucester Docks Date: 1990

Man in beret, Aveiro, Portugal
A man wearing traditional black beret walks through a docks street in Aveiro, Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Old Dock House, Sharpness
Old Dock House at Sharpness Old Dock, Gloucestershire. Boat hulks are on the bank of the dock. These are the Purton Hulks, deliberately sunk in 1950s to protect the bank

Sharpness old Dock
A man walks along the south pier at the entrance to Old Sharpness Dock, Gloucestershire, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: circa 1987

GREENWICH / FARINGTON / 1793
Greenwich from Deptford Docks Date: 1793

Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Union Terminal Tower and Ore Docks Date: circa 1931

Casablanca, Morocco - Aerial view of the Port. Date: circa 1940s

Mid-New York Skyline as seen from New Jersey
Mid-New York Skyline as seen from New across the Hudson River. Date: circa 1930s

Rochester Cathedral, Medway, Kent - view from the keep of Rochester Castle. Date: circa 1910s

Arab dhow under construction, Bombay Harbour, India
Arab dhow under construction, Bombay (Mumbai) Harbour, India. Date: circa 1920s

Crosfields soap works, Warrington 1886
Crosfields Soap Works, Warrington, Cheshire, England. Date: 1886

Ships and boats in a harbour, with a woman standing on the quay near a steamer named Adele. Date: circa 1920s

Ships in Chatham Dockyard, Kent. They are the Monitor HMS Marshal Soult, the D34 Destroyer HMS Velox, and two V Class destroyers. Date: circa 1930

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