The busy Port of London and its varied industries
The busy Port of London a probable state property: Mr Lloyd George's vast scheme to purchase the docks. 1. a typical Thames barge under full sail; 2. discharging a cargo of New Zealand mutton; 3. East India boats at the docks; 4. a floating elevator taking wheat out of a vessel; 5. shooting sacks of maize into a barge; 6. a crowd of barges and lighters waiting to enter the docks; 7. filling sacks of wheat from a floating elevator; 8. the picturesque Port of London, scene at Tower Bridge; 9. twenty years growth in the size of steamers using London docks; 10. discharge of wheat into a barge from a floating elevator; 11. the crowd of shipping at Tilbury docks; 12. a cargo of Halifax wood blocks for making the soles of clogs; 13. map of the London docks; 14. how the elevator lifts wheat from a barge; 15. difficulties of the docks, berthing large vessels
