The interior of the Green & Silley Weir store building in the Royal Albert Dock, London

The interior of the Green & Silley Weir store building in the Royal Albert Dock, London. The building is piled high with wooden packing cases, metal pipes and other material. Two wooden crates on the floor are marked "Balancing Bars". The Smith-Keighley 15 ton overhead gantry crane is being used to lower a sling of packing cases onto a flat bed lorry. A man is directing the load onto the lorry, another man is operating the crane controls and two other men are watching the proceedings. One of the cases being loaded has the ship's name MASIRAH chalked on it. The cargo liner Masirah (1957) was owned by Cunard-Brocklebank Ltd from 1968 to 1972. Transparencies numbers P63297CT to P63299CT were taken on the same day.

Object Details

ID: P63298CT
Type: Colour transparency
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1968-1972
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection
Measurements: Overall: 61 mm x 62 mm