Docks Collection (page 14)

Fisherman baiting lines early 1900s

Plymouth Docks

Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Chile, South America
The port and docks of Tocopilla, in the Antofagasta region of Chile, South America. circa 1910

La France Maritime - Merchant Seaman. 19th century

Victoria Dock, Bombay, India
Victoria Dock, Bombay (Mumbai), India, with ships and cargo. Date: circa 1915

RMS Majestic, White Star Line cruise ship, USA
RMS Majestic (left), White Star Line cruise ship, alongside a railhead pier on the east coast of America. Date: circa late 1920s

Port and Customs House, Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden. Date: circa 1908

Katarina Elevator, Stockholm, Sweden
The Katarina Elevator (passenger lift, constructed in 1881) on the waterfront at Stockholm, Sweden. Date: circa 1910

Port Tewfik (Suez Port) in Suez, Egypt
Port Tewfik, part of the Suez Port, on the western bank of the Suez Canal, north-eastern Egypt. Date: circa 1907

Docks of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt
Docks with landed boats on the Suez Canal and view on Port Said in north-eastern Egypt, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and on the western bank of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1910

Harbour of Port Said, Egypt
View on the harbour with landed sailing ships, boats on the canal and pedestrians walking on the shore in Port Said, a city on the north-eastern coast of Egypt

Hotel Victoria in Ismailia, Egypt
Hotel Victoria at Lake Timsah in Ismailia, a city in north-eastern Egypt named after the third Khedive of Egypt Isma il Pasha. The city is located on the west bank of the Suez Canal. Date: circa 1900

Dock of the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, Egypt
Dock of the Suez Canal Company at Ismailia, a city in north-eastern Egypt. The Suez Canal Company was created by Ferdinand de Lesseps

Barry Dock Harbour, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK
Aerial view of Barry Dock Harbour, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, UK. Date: circa 1910

RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner at Southampton
RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner of the Cunard Line at Southampton, with tugs Formby and Kestrel. Date: circa 1940s

London Trade Card - Mrs Holts Italian Warehouse at the two Olive Posts in the Strand. Selling Italian silks, satins, velvets, damasks, fans, hats, as well as various Italian foodstuffs. 18th century

The Largest Floating Dry Dock in the World - Southampton
The Largest Floating Dry Dock in the World (960 ft. long and 134 ft. wide) at Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in 1922 by Armstrong, Whitworth, for the Southern Railway. Date: circa 1923

Baku, Azerbaijan - Bailov - Docks and Port
View of Bailov (Bayil, Bayilov, Bailovo, Bayilovo), a settlement in Baku, Azerbaijan (then in Russia). Date: circa 1910s

Indian soldiers at Portsmouth Dock Yard
Indian troops at Portsmouth in 1882 waiting to be shipped to Egypt to tackle a rebellion against British rule. The British relied heavily on Indian troops to enforce their military power. Date: 1882

WW2 - HM King George VI visits the BEF, December 1939
WW2 - HM King George VI saluting French soldiers just prior to departure back to England following his first visit to the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France, December 1939. Date: 1939

The Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania leaving Southampton Docks. Date: 1922

Fishing boats and ships in a harbour. Date: circa 1920s

Fishing boats on a beach. Date: circa 1920s

Vickers, Sons & Maxim Shipyard, The Docks, Cumbria
Vickers, Sons & Maxim Shipyard, The Docks, Barrow-in-Furness, near Walney Island, Cumbria, England. Showing the HMS Natal & Cantilever Crane Date: 1907

The Pool of London with ships and barges being loaded and unloaded with the distinctive outline of Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: circa 1920s

Blitz in London -- fire damage at Docks, WW2
Blitz in London -- fire damage at the Docks, with billowing smoke, on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1885 - three scenes
Three scenes from the royal visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales(later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain): The Prince of Wales laying the foundation stone of a museum, Dublin

Blitz in London -- Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- roofs of the timber cargo storage areas totally collapsed after the intensity of the fires that devastated the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London

Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2
Blitz in London -- No.6 Warehouse, Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, 7 September 1940. Fire crews in action with five jets and a turntable ladder

Blitz in London -- burnt out cargo ship, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- a close up of a burnt out cargo ship in the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London. Firefighters continue to damp down hot-spots of fire within the ship

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

The RMS Lusitania, British ocean liner in port

M. D. & H. B Locomotive
A Mersey Docks and Harbour Board steam locomotive, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1960s

Wales / Penarth
A fine view of the town and docks at Penarth, Glamorganshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

Northumberland Hussars at Southampton, WW1
Men of the Northumberland Hussars, together with their horses, boarding the SS Minneapolis at Southampton, en route to Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. October 1914

Dockside scene and Vittoria Hotel, Hull, Yorkshire
View of the dockside in Hull (Kingston upon Hull), Yorkshire, showing the Williams Vittoria Family and Commercial Hotel. A long line of people are leaning on the railings

Leman Street, Whitechapel, East London
A view down Leman Street towards the docks in the Whitechapel area of Londons East End. A few horse-drawn vehicles can be seen. Tramlines run down the centre of the road

Loading horses, World War I
A horse of the Northumberland Hussars giving trouble at the embarkation on the Minneapolis at Southampton Docks, during World War I in October 1914

Lowestoft Harbour
Fishing boats in the harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk

LCC-MFB North Woolwich fire station, E16
Built by the London County Council, North Woolwich fire station was located at 236 Albert Road. It was the closest fire station to the vast expanse of the then Royal Albert Docks

Harbour at Valparaiso, Chile, South America
View of the harbour at Valparaiso, Chile, South America, seen from Larrain Hill. Date: circa 1905

The Bridges over a side branch of the River Mause, Rotterdam
The Bridges (including the lift bridge) spanning a side branch of the River Mause (the Koningshaven), Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Photograph taken on Leliestraat. Date: circa 1930s

The Fulton Ferry Terminal, New York, USA Date: circa 1890

Hospitals for fighting ships 1916
Floating dock on which works is often taken place to repair battleships, a box-like structure with pontoon floors and side-walls

Panorama of Valparaiso, Chile, South America, showing the harbour, ships, docks and city. Date: circa 1920

Bermuda - Dockyard - looking south
HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majestys Dockyard) - the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War - looking south Date: circa 1910s

Scene at Leith Docks with ferry for Shetland Islands
Scene at Leith Docks with a ferry about to depart for the Shetland Islands. The photographers van is in the foreground, also waiting to be loaded on board. circa late 1950s

Port Administration Building - possibly Constanta, Romania? Date: 1908

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