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031188PD: Fremantle dockers lump bags of wheat, in 1916 from the rail car to the stockpile using a gantry elevator
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031189PD: A gantry elevator in use on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031190PD: A gantry elevator in use on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031191PD: Bags of wheat for export on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031192PD: Bags of wheat for export on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031193PD: Bags of wheat for export on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031194PD: Dockers lumping the bags of wheat on Fremantle Docks, 1916
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031195PD: Dockers lumping the bags of wheat on Fremantle Docks, 1916
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031196PD: Bags of wheat arrive by rail at the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031197PD: Foremen supervising lumpers on the Fremantle docks, 1916. Note the protective covering the dockers have put on their heads and backs
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031198PD: Bags of wheat on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031199PD: Bags of wheat on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031200PD: A gantry elevator in use on the Fremantle docks, 1916
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031201PD: A gantry elevator in use on the Fremantle docks, 1916
Item Detail
Summary
In 031188PD nearest wagon (I class 681) was replaced by a new wagon of a different type in 1924. (A.S. May, railway historian). Dockers are also known as wharfies, lumpers, longshoremen, stevedores, waterside workers and wharf labourers, working on Fremantle wharf. Note especially 031197PD where the dockers can be seen to be wearing protective coverings over their heads and backs for carrying the bags of wheat. An elevator gantry can be seen in use but still the bags have to be carried by men from the railway cars to the stockpiles and later to the ships.
Year
1916.
Warnings and disclaimer
Title is published caption. Financial assistance from the Cyril and Ethel Peet Memorial Fund has been used to preserve this image.
Subjects
- Stevedores -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Wharves -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
- Cargo handling -- Western Australia -- Photographs.
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