Title

A dredger at work in Tilbury Docks, Essex, c1945-c1965

Caption

A dredger at work in Tilbury Docks, Essex, c1945-c1965. Constant dredging is necessary to keep the River Thames and its docks accessible for larger vessels.

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A78_251

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (1,3Mb) / 11,5in x 18,1in / 3457 x 5433 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation England wharf docks dock location century tilbury docks tilbury Essex B&W 1940s MONOCHROME fifties 1950s Forties Sixties water transport dredger black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century English Heritage decade TGN photograph SW Rawlings Rawlings SW photograph