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Description: | Before the introduction of large container units in the 1960s, the rapid and safe unloading of cargo from ship to quayside depended on a large labour force using a range of cargo-handling equipment. Baskets like this were used to offload loose cargoes including minerals. They would be lowered into the ship's hold by a system of pulleys and ropes attached to a crane or winch. This example was used in the Orange Shed at the Royal Victoria Docks. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | work | Temporal: | 1940-1965 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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