Sujet

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. Artist: Unknown

Légende

Cargo being loaded or unloaded from a ship, Royal Victoria Dock, Canning Town, London, c1930. The dock was built between 1850 and 1855 on an area of Plaistow Marshes. It was the first London dock to be built specifically to handle large steamships and the first to be connected to the national rail network.

Date

1930

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B04_079

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,1Mo (2,0Mo) / 41,0cm x 30,6cm / 4846 x 3615 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river water London England River Thames Thames people male working work job busy man men lifting industry worker country trade guy port ship ships occupation British geography English waterfront wharf docks dock cargo quay quayside location century Docklands Britain profession unloading import export thirties concept gangway twenties B&W freighter MONOCHROME docker shipping Industry steamship water transport black & white black and white London Docklands B W 1930s 1920s lowering 20th century gangplank workers Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Canning Town dock worker dockside geographical feature Newham Royal Victoria Dock TGN cargo net dockers photograph Unknown quai