Dock Activity

From the Tilbury Hotel

Dock activity from the hotel, 1933
from John Smith

Here we have a photo of the Tilbury Dock basin, shipping, dock warehouses.and other activities going on taken from the Tilbury Hotel in 1933.

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  • This view from Tilbury Hotel looks toward to the part of the docks known as The Basin which  was used by the boats of the John Cockerill line which ran between Tilbury and Belgium.  It was the location of an industrial dispute when it was proposed to use fork lift trucks in place of the traditional hand barrows.  This eventually led to the end of the Cockerill line services and the dispute was never properly resolved

     

     

    By Duncan Grant (18/04/2014)
  • Great photo, look at the steam loco at the side of the ship.

    By andy reynolds (29/04/2013)

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