Title

A transit shed at King George V Dock, London, c1945-c1965

Caption

A transit shed at King George V Dock, London, c1945-c1965. A transit shed containing cases, boxes and packages of exports for Australia. It illustrates the difficulty of trans-shipping cargo before container transport was invented. A sign prohibits smoking. The Dock was not opened until 1921.

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A78_293

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,2Mb (1,5Mb) / 18,1in x 11,4in / 5434 x 3425 (300dpi)

Keywords

London England interior indoors industry sign trade box wharf docks dock cargo crate location century inside B&W 1940s MONOCHROME prohibition fifties no smoking 1950s Forties Sixties shipping Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century English Heritage Canning Town decade King George V Dock Newham TGN transit shed photograph SW Rawlings Rawlings SW photograph