Author: Malcolm Batten
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399018418
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
During the 1970s and 1980s the Port of London, and shipping on the River Thames was in a state of transition. New methods of cargo handling, in particular the introduction of containers and Roll-on, Roll-off vehicle ferries called for new investment and a rethink on the way dock traffic was traditionally managed. As a result, The Port of London Authority decided to run down and close the various London docks and concentrate all new investment downriver at their Tilbury docks. These photographs, along with some from earlier decades, and mostly previously unpublished, are a fascinating insight into this period, when traditional ships and cargo handling methods worked alongside the new technology. Ships designed for carrying cargo in their holds were sometimes adapted to carry containers as deck cargo. There were also shipping types now lost to history, including colliers and sludge boats. Not forgotten are the passenger ships – cruise liners to ferries. The various vessels that serviced the port from tugs to salvage craft and floating cranes. Finally, the heritage craft from traditional Thames Sailing barges to former paddle steamers now adapted as floating pub/restaurants.
Shipping on the Thames & the Port of London During the 1940s–1980s
Author: Malcolm Batten
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399018418
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
During the 1970s and 1980s the Port of London, and shipping on the River Thames was in a state of transition. New methods of cargo handling, in particular the introduction of containers and Roll-on, Roll-off vehicle ferries called for new investment and a rethink on the way dock traffic was traditionally managed. As a result, The Port of London Authority decided to run down and close the various London docks and concentrate all new investment downriver at their Tilbury docks. These photographs, along with some from earlier decades, and mostly previously unpublished, are a fascinating insight into this period, when traditional ships and cargo handling methods worked alongside the new technology. Ships designed for carrying cargo in their holds were sometimes adapted to carry containers as deck cargo. There were also shipping types now lost to history, including colliers and sludge boats. Not forgotten are the passenger ships – cruise liners to ferries. The various vessels that serviced the port from tugs to salvage craft and floating cranes. Finally, the heritage craft from traditional Thames Sailing barges to former paddle steamers now adapted as floating pub/restaurants.
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN: 1399018418
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
During the 1970s and 1980s the Port of London, and shipping on the River Thames was in a state of transition. New methods of cargo handling, in particular the introduction of containers and Roll-on, Roll-off vehicle ferries called for new investment and a rethink on the way dock traffic was traditionally managed. As a result, The Port of London Authority decided to run down and close the various London docks and concentrate all new investment downriver at their Tilbury docks. These photographs, along with some from earlier decades, and mostly previously unpublished, are a fascinating insight into this period, when traditional ships and cargo handling methods worked alongside the new technology. Ships designed for carrying cargo in their holds were sometimes adapted to carry containers as deck cargo. There were also shipping types now lost to history, including colliers and sludge boats. Not forgotten are the passenger ships – cruise liners to ferries. The various vessels that serviced the port from tugs to salvage craft and floating cranes. Finally, the heritage craft from traditional Thames Sailing barges to former paddle steamers now adapted as floating pub/restaurants.
The River Thames
Author: Pyramid Press, Ltd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Urban Ports and Harbor Management
Author: Marc J. Hershman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351690396
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The essays in this book, first published in 1988, explore the changes that have occurred in the modern harbour in the 1970s and 1980s and the many roles of the public port in stimulating or responding to these changes. The goal of this study is to understand the modern harbour and public port and the contemporary pressures on them. The contributors’ disciplines range among geography, law, business, political science, and marine affairs.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351690396
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The essays in this book, first published in 1988, explore the changes that have occurred in the modern harbour in the 1970s and 1980s and the many roles of the public port in stimulating or responding to these changes. The goal of this study is to understand the modern harbour and public port and the contemporary pressures on them. The contributors’ disciplines range among geography, law, business, political science, and marine affairs.
A Treatise on the Commerce and Police of the River Thames
Author: Patrick Colquhoun
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
The Port of London and the Thames Barrage
Author: Thames Barrage Committee, London
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barrages
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
River Thames
Author: Pyramid Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780902824034
Category : Thames River (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780902824034
Category : Thames River (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Laurence Dunn's Thames Shipping
Author: Laurence Dunn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951865613
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780951865613
Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
The Thames and Its Docks
Author: Alexander Forrow
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781104403003
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 9781104403003
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Port of London--The River Thames from Teddington to the Tongue. Partial Revision October 1969. Director of Engineering, Port of London Authority
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description