Pair of Walsh and Clarke ploughing engines
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Felixstowe Docks, 1968.

The container port in its early days. It now extends each side of the old harbour mouth and is over 1 km long. Felixstowe did not have the investment in old cranes, or the industrial disputes that held back established ports like Southampton, Liverpool and London.

 

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Felixstowe Docks 1968
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