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Many hands: Trades of the Port of London, 1850-1980, Introduction |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: H3744 |
| Description: At the height of the port's prosperity in the 1950s some 6000 lighters carried cargoes to and from the docks and wharves of London. This photograph shows a group of lightermen with several lighters moored immediately behind them. To the left of the picture, another man sits on top of a cargo of deal planks. In the distance, two steam vessels are moored in Greenwich Reach, surrounded by yet more lighters. |
| Creator: Unknown |
| Date: c. 1940 |
| Credit line: Greenwich Local History Library collection. | |
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