Docks Collection (page 24)

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The docks of La Villette, on the canal Saint-Martin, after the fighting

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

Dore / Warehouse by River
Dockers handling barrels and bales in a warehouse from which, if they raise their eyes, they can see a distant prospect of St Paul s

Dore / Dockers and Bale
Dockers manhandle a huge bale of goods into a warehouse

Dore / Wagon & Warehouse
A heavily laden wagon delivers goods to a warehouse

Working in Hull Docks
Loading grain into lighters at the King George V Dock in Hull, Yorkshire

Jablochkoffs electric light apparatus
Diagrams showing Jablochkoffs candle lamp. Paul Jablochkoff (1847-1894) was a Russian telegraph engineer who would rise to the post of director of telegraphs between Moscow and Kursk

Dock being constructed at Chatham
The Naval Docks at Chatham, Kent, under construction. The dockyard dated from the 16th century but was extended in the 1860s to cover an area of 380 acres

New docks at Millwall
View of the new docks at Millwall, constructed by the Millwall Freehold Land and Docks Company in 1868

Tobacco warehouse at the London Docks
The larger of the two tobacco warehouses at the London Docks in 1856 showing crates of tobacco leaves stacked in rows

The Great Wool-floor at the London Docks
The great wool-floor at the London Docks. The London Dock Company enlarged the warehouse for receiving wool imports from the colonies in the 1840 s

Meat vans leaving the docks during strike
Laden meat vans, under police escort, leaving the Royal Albert Dock for Smithfield during the London Dock Strike of 1912

First attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock
Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown

Ivory floor at London Docks
The entire floor of one warehouse at the London Docks devoted to ivory with elephant and other tusks laid out in rows

Birds Eye view of London Docks
A Birds Eye View of the London Docks. Started in 1802 and completed in 1805, they covered 90 acres, with 20 warehouses of 259 floors, 18 sheds, 17 vaults and 6 quays

Engaging Dock labourers at West India Dock
Illustration by A. Forestier showing unemployed men being engaged as dock labourers at West India Dock, London. Many aspects of dock work were relatively unskilled

Acccident in London docks, the ship Eastminster, when it cap
The iron clipper ship, the Eastminster, shown capsized in London Docks. Strong winds blew her over causing her to hit and sink three barges. The crew escaped wet but unharmed

Boulogne / Customs / Docks
The Douane (Customs House) in the harbour of Boulogne-sur- mer, principal port of entry for travellers from England

Steamship Lucania 1907
The steamship Lucania at Liverpool, UK

Lajos Kossuth / 1851 Visit
LAJOS KOSSUTH Hungarian patriot and statesman on his arrival in England in 1851, here leaving the dock area at Southampton to begin his visit

Coal Ships on Tees
Coal is loaded from coal drops into shipping at Middlesbrough, on the Tees : the drops will subsequently be replaced by purpose-built docks

French Fish Seller / Paris
A fish seller chats to a customer wearing a wide-brimed hat and voluminous trousers on the banks of the Seine

The Dock at Danzig
A view of the Docks at Danzig

Tasting Order at Docks
Wine is tasted straight from the barrel at the London docks

Wine Tasting in London
A tasting order at London docks

Mammoth Tusks
Mammoth tusks are imported from Siberia to Britain, enough of them to fill a warehouse at London Docks

Liverpool Landing Stage
The landing stage

Woolwich Dockyard 1772
A busy scene at Woolwich dockyard

Liner in Harbour
A liner in harbour, dockers handling goods

ST KATHERINEs DOCK / 1860
A birds eye view of St Katherines Dock

London Docks 1900
LONDON DOCKS

British colonials arrive at Bombay docks, India, and are welcomed ashore

Buyers sampling wool at London Docks
Buyers sampling wool at the London Docks

Travel / Emigration / Canada
Immigrants disembarking at Quebec, Canada

Birkenhead Park Opened
The official opening of Birkenhead docks and park, the first visitors looking very smart and well-dressed

Shipyards on Clyde
Shipyards and shipping on the Clyde

India / Calcutta / Aerial
Aerial view of the town showing the docks and buildings in the background and tents pitched on green fields in the foreground

Hamburg / Mouth of Docks
Hamburg: mouth of the docks

Imported Cattle at Docks
Foreign cattle are landed at the British and foreign wharf, near the London docks

Coaling Plant and Docks
The Balboa Coaling plant, and Dry Docks, near Panama

Royal Albert Dock / Wool
Unloading bales of wool at the Royal Albert Dock in the Port of London

Floating Dock London
Repairing a sailing warship in the floating dock at Rotherhithe, on the Thames

Marseille Docks / Photo
A view of the docks at Marseille - full of sacks and barrels

Great Wool Floor / London
The great wool floor at the London docks

Villette Docks Burn
The Docks de la Villette, Paris, are set alight by the Communards during the fighting

Queens Dock Glasgow
The Queens Dock

Southampton Harbour
Aerial view of the harbour, with a Cunarder undergoing painting or something of the sort

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