Discharging deals and timber products at Russia Dock.

Discharging deals and timber products at Russia Dock. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: P49085

Description: Discharging deals, battens and boards from the SS 'Portos' at Russia Dock, Rotherhithe. Deal was a softwood timber that was imported to the Surrey Docks. The wooden planks were carried to storage sheds and timber piles by the deal porters, a highly skilled and physically fit group of dock workers.

Creator: Browne Collection

Date: 1930