Tilbury RB III (1937) moored in a river driving a pile into the riverbed.

A starboard bow view of the rock breaking pontoon Tilbury RB III (1937) moored in a river (not the Thames) driving a pile into the riverbed. The black balls at the top of the sheerlegs indicates that it is anchored (one black ball) and not under command (one black ball above another). The starboard quarter of an unknown tug is seen in the foreground, with lines attached to a dredger out of the picture (except for the dredger grapple). A man stands in the stern of a clinker built wooden work boat sculling over the stern. A bridge is in the background with an industrial coastline.

Photograph captioned: ' "Tilbury R.B III" '

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ID:	ALB1147.17
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Vessels:	Tilbury RB III (1937)
Date made:	Circa 1937 to 1939; Circa 1950-1964
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 168 mm x 166 mm
Parts:	Tilbury Contracting & Dredging Co. Ltd. (Photograph album) Stewart Clan (1936) with the hopper barge Irk (1911) alongside and the tug Water Lane (1929) (Photographic print) (ALB1147.6) Tilbury RB III (1937) moored in a river driving a pile into the riverbed. (Photographic print) (ALB1147.17)

Tilbury RB III (1937) moored in a river driving a pile into the riverbed.

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