Bales of sisal, discharged from the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951), being loaded onto a lorry on the roof of a quayside storage shed at Sunderland, Durham.
Bales of sisal, discharged from the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951), being loaded onto a lorry on the roof of a quayside storage shed at Sunderland, Durham. A mobile crane is being used to lift the bales from the 1st floor balcony onto the lorry, which is a Commer forward control platform vehicle owned by R. Rankin & Sons Ltd of Cut Bank, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Negatives PM1792/4A to PM1796/30A were taken on the same occasion.
Object Details
| ID: | PM1795/20A |
|---|---|
| Type: | 35mm negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1960-1964 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, P & O Collection |
| Measurements: | Film length: 35 mm x 226 mm;Image: 25 mm x 37 mm |