Men painting a vessel, Tilbury, Essex, c1945-c1965. Artist: SW Rawlings

Men painting a vessel, Tilbury, Essex, c1945-c1965. Artist: SW Rawlings

1-230-852 - Reproduced by permission of Historic England/Heritage Images

Men painting a vessel, Tilbury, Essex, c1945-c1965. Men at work painting a vessel in the dry docks. They have been lowered down the side of the ship on planks of wood. Dry docks are used for the repair and cleaning of vessels. After the 2nd World War Tilbury Docks were adapted to receive container cargo traffic.


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People Information

Creator
  1. SW Rawlings, attributed to: (British?): Photographer

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England Thurrock Tilbury

  1. 51 27 00 N , 000 22 00 E

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5269x3569
File Size : 55,093kb


Aliases

  1. AA001614
  1. 0250000383
  1. 1-230-852
  1. 1230852
  1. 383
  1. A3
  1. AA001614


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