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7.
The Docks in the Twentieth Century
Tasks 7.2
1. Examine Chart
1.
a. What general statement can we make about the shipping
tonnage using the Port of London from 1909-1957?
b. Which two major events caused a dramatic decline in shipping
using the port? Explain why these events should have this effect.
2.
Examine Chart 2. Why did
the amount of goods passing through the port fall in the years 1931-1933?
3a.
Draw a graph to represent the figures shown in Table
3.
b. Compare the figures in Table
3 with those in Chart 2.
Was the port handling more/less goods in the 1960s than in the earlier
period?
4.
What general conclusions can you draw about the total shipping tonnage
and the tonnage of goods passing through the Port of London from
1909-1970?
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Chart
1
Chart
2
Table
3
| Year |
Millions
of tons |
| 1960 |
57.1 |
| 1962 |
57.1 |
| 1964 |
61.6 |
| 1966 |
59.0 |
| 1968 |
60.1 |
| 1970 |
59.5 |
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