The Docks in the Twentieth Century
Changing methods
Throughout the twentieth century increasing use was mode of mechanised methods for loading and unloading ships.
A: Electric trucks transporting sugar in the West India Docks, c1935.
C: Loading bananas into railway trucks West India Docks, in the 1930s.
E: Frozen meat being discharged at the Royal Albert Dock, 1962.
G: Cross-section trough the north quay of King George V Dock, 1921.
I: Fork-lift trucks in the Royal Albert Dock, 1962
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