Dockland Life
A Pictorial History of London's Docks, 1860-1970
Mainstream Publishing
Published on 15. October 1995
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-85158-364-5 (ISBN)
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Description
With a workforce of over 100,000 men, women and children and reaching out to all corners of the Earth, London's Docklands, formerly the Port of London, at one time formed the largest and most comprehensive system of docks the world has ever known. The Museum of Dockland, an independent branch of the Museum of London, is devoted to keeping its memory alive and has produced this illustrated volume to help do just that. It examines every aspect of the port: the working river and its various docks; where the ship repairs took place; the warehousing and construction; the quayside and the dock trades. The text is accompanied by a collection of images drawn from a library of over 25,000 photographs, helping to convey the human drama of life and work in the port of the British Empire.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Illustrations
b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 304 mm
Width: 228 mm
Weight
1072 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85158-364-5 (9781851583645)
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Chris Ellmers | Alex Werner | Alex Warner
Dockland Life
A Pictorial History of London's Docks, 1860-2000
Book
06/2000
2nd Edition
Mainstream Publishing
€51.00
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Persons
Author
Deputy Head, Department of Later London History and Collections, Museum of London