Docks Collection (page 18)

Pennsylvania Coal Docks, Sandusky, Ohio, USA
View of the Pennsylvania Coal Docks, Sandusky, Ohio, USA, with an electrically operated coal loader Date: 1939

Pacific coast railway terminus, Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico
Pacific coast railway terminus and docks (part of the Tehuantepec National Railway), Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. Date: circa 1907

A New Tooth - hoisting new gun into a destroyer, WWI
A new gun being hoisted by crane into a destroyer under refit during the First World War. 1918

Fishing boats in a harbour. Date: circa 1920s

Harbour with fishing boats at low tide, and a ship in the background. Date: circa 1920s

Ship at a quayside. Date: circa 1920s

The Docks, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Date: 1960s

Shipyard Crane Accident, The Docks, Cumbria
Shipyard Crane Accident, The Docks, Barrow-in-Furness, near Walney Island, Cumbria, England. Showing the 150 ton cantilever crane before & after the accident Date: 1907

The Docks, Southampton, Hampshire, England. Showing Cranes Date: 1950s

The Docks, Falmouth, Cornwall
The Docks, Falmouth, near Ponsharden, Cornwall, England. Showing Sailing Ship & Albion Lorry Date: 1910s

The Docks, Millwall, London
The Docks, Millwall, Ilford, County of London, England. Showing Crates of Empire Horse Shoe Nails from Sweden Date: 1909

New Docks, Avonmouth, Bristol County
New Docks, Avonmouth, Bristol, Bristol County, England. Showing main entrance & lighthouses Date: 1920s

WW1 - Embarkation of Troops at Southampton Docks
WW1 - Embarkation of Troops At Southampton Docks Date: circa 1915

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in construction
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, suspended
R.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December 1931 as Cunard had run out of funds

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, nearly ready for launching
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner crisis stops work
Tragedy comes to Clydeside. On 10th December 1931, almost exactly a year after signing of the contract for the construction of Hull Number 534, know as Queen Mary Ocean Liner

Pollution - abandoned docks and rusting barges - bay of Krasnovodsk town. Caspian sea shore - oil refinery and oil storage on another side of the bay - Turkmenistan. April

Sydney, Australia - Sutherland Dry Dock, Sydney
Slide showing a photograph of a dry dock being filled with water. Sutherland Docks are on Cockatoo Island, the largest island in Sydney Harbour.. Boswell Collection. Slide number 50

Royal Yacht entering London Docks. Date: 20th century

The Lusitania at landing stage, Liverpool Date: circa 1913

HMS Birmingham, British light cruiser, seen here at Avonmouth Docks. Date: circa 1914

Men on board the DW27 of Chatham, Kent, with two lifebelts

Shipping horses, San Francisco, California, USA
Shipping horses to the Philippines, San Francisco, California, USA

Shipping wheat, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Paris, France - Canal Saint-Martin. Date: circa 1890

Paris, France - Bains Vigier, Pont du Louvre. Date: 1835

Paris, France - Arsenal and its shipyard. Date: circa 1600

Plimsoll line stops coffin ships, 1873
Comment in Punch magazine on the lifesaving introduction of the Plimsoll line. Overcrowded coffin ships are portrayed literally in the background as floating coffins with masts and rigging. Date: 1873

Blitz in London -- GWR yard, Millwall, London
Blitz in London -- the Great Western Railway yard, Preston Road, Millwall, 7 September 1940. General view with the West India Dock in the background. Date: 1940

Massey Shaw fireboat, St Katharines Dock, East London
The London Fire Brigades Massey Shaw fireboat on the River Thames at St Katharines Dock, East London, with the Dickens Inn on the right

Blitz in London -- firefighters in action, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hosepipes, putting out a fire at the docks following an air raid. Date: 1940s

LFB fireboat AFB2, River Thames, Pool of London
LFB fireboat AFB2 on the River Thames, Pool of London, with Tower Bridge in the distance

B Division training exercise, London Docks
B Division training exercise at London Docks, 6 February 1955. Date: 1955

Two firefighters at King George V Dock, East London
Two firefighters in action at No.9 Shed, King George V Dock, Port of London Authority, East London (E16), on 29 December 1974 -- a 30-pump fire

LFB Fireboat attending a fire at Colonial Wharf
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf. A typical big Thameside fire of the sort which the London fire Brigade had tackled over 100 years: Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, E1

Dri-ped advertisement with WaC women, WW1
Advertisement for Dri-Ped waterproof leather footwear with an illustration depicting a group of women of the Womens Army Auxiliary Corps loading a cargo of Dri-Ped boxes at the docks. Date: 1918

Soldiers guard Tilbury Docks at the outbreak of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Britain poster, Hull, The Docks, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1938

Yokosuka docks, Yokohama, Japan

King and Queen in Hull
King George V and Queen Mary ride in a carriage on their way to Hull Docks where the King would perform the opening ceremony of the new joint dock. Date: 26 June 1914

Rothesay, Bute, Scotland
General view of Rothesay, Bute, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Cargo ship with cranes. Date: 20th century

The Camden Town railway: the Bow Spring bridge, Stepney, 1851
The Bow Spring bridge at Stepney Station, London. Designed by L. Clare and constructed by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the bridge spans the 80 foot width of Commerical Road

Naval manoeuvres at Grimsby Docks by G. H. Davis
The naval manoeuvres of 1913 -- the raid of the Reds upon Grimsby Docks. As described by the artist who was there to witness it

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

Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, WW1
Men of the Gordon Highlanders marching through Plymouth, with Colonel W E Gordon leading them on horseback, and civilians following them on either side, in the early days of the First World War

Cornelius Grinnell
The Cornelius Grinnell, an American line ship built in 1850, owned by Grinnell, Minturn and Co of Boston, shown while in the London Docks awaiting a return journey to New York

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