Title

Loading a ship at the North Quay, West India Docks, London, c1945-c1965

Caption

Loading a ship at the North Quay, West India Docks, London, c1945-c1965. Dock workers handle crates on the quayside alongside a Hellenic Lines ship at the North Quay, West India Docks, London. The West India Docks were opened in 1802 and closed in 1980.

Date

1945

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A79_185

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,6Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,7in x 14,7in / 4400 x 4414 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation London England people male working work job man men industry guy ship ships occupation wharf docks dock cargo loading crate quay quayside location century profession concept B&W 1940s MONOCHROME Barrow fifties isle of dogs 1950s Forties Sixties docker shipping Industry water transport black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century Tower Hamlets English Heritage decade dock worker dockside Hellenic Lines London Docks TGN West India Docks West India Quay dockers photograph SW Rawlings quai Rawlings SW photograph