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Floating Dock at Rotherhithe.
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| Floating Dock at Rotherhithe. |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: PU1419 |
| Description: A floating dock was one that could be flooded to receive the hull of a ship and then pumped dry. The advantage of a floating dock was that it could be moved from place to place, even to different ports. |
| Creator: Francia, Francois Louis Thomas (artist); Allen, J C (engraver); Cooke, William Bernard (publisher) |
| Date: 1 July 1815 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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