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Description: | The main cargo-handling tool used by London's dockers was the handheld dock hook. The style and size of dock hooks varied according to the varying dock cargoes and their packaging. Stevedores, responsible for loading and unloading cargo, used 's' hooks, such as this. Theirs was highly skilled work as the stability of a ship depended on the proper distribution of cargo in the hold. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | work | Temporal: | 1910-1935 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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