Cargo Collection

Freight train on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, by Selwyn Pearce-Higgins. This narrow gauge railway line was opened in 1903

Whaling ship diagram, 1800s
Deck plan and cutaway view of whaling schooner " Amelia" of New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Queen of Bermuda, Furness Bermuda Line, passenger and cargo ship. Date: circa 1930s

Canadian Pacific freight train locomotive at Banff station, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada, North America

BEA and BOAC cargo buildings at Heathrow Airport

Marietta on the Ohio River, 1870s
Steamboats on the Ohio River at Marietta, Ohio, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Car transporter, side view

Pacific Line Poster
Pacific Line, Pacific Steam Line Navigation Company Liverpool, royal mail steamers to brazil and South America, 1904 1904

Erie Canal barge at Troy, New York
Barge on the Erie Canal at West Troy, New York, in the late 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

South Street docks in New York City, 1870s
Merchant ships unloading along South Street, New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Entrance to Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse, London, 1828. Artist: Frederick James Havell
Entrance to Regents Canal Dock, Limehouse, London, 1828. View with boats and crew on Regents Canal and figures on the dockside

Empire Marketing Board - Penang, British Malaya
Empire Marketing Board Poster design, Penang, British Malaya (now Malaysia), printed for the Empire Marketing Board. Showing a busy scene at the docks. Date: circa 1930

Cargo ship Tresillian wrecked in storm, 1954
Cargo ship Tresillian of the Hain Steamship Co. (St Ives) lost on the night of 29th to 30th November 1954 in St Georges Channel near Ireland with heavy loss of life

Erie Canal locks
Boat in the Erie Canal locks at Lockport, New York, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Smugglers Unload Goods
A band of smugglers unload their cargo of contraband into a secluded coastal cave, constantly checking for any nearby customs men

Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Langfier Photo
Barrels of molasses, West India Docks, London, 1926-1927. Illustration from Wonderful London, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, Volume I, published by Amalgamated Press, (London, 1926-1927)

The Cromdale wrecked at Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall
The Cromdale, a fully rigged iron sailing barque, wrecked in heavy fog at Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall, on 23 May 1913. Date: 1913

BARQUENTINE, 1871. The English barquentine Waterwitch, built in 1871

Container ship loaded with cargo. This is the Kyoto Express, a container ship owned by the German transportation company Hapag-Lloyd

Oil tanker loading at an oil terminal in Nakhodka, Russia

Riverboats at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s
Stevedores loading barrels at the Red River levee at Shreveport, Louisiana, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Baltimore in the 1870s
Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland, looking from Federal Hill, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Erie Canal at Schenedtady, New York
Erie Canal barge towed through Schenectady, New York, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Coal Narrow Boats
A pair of laden narrow boats, with their cargoes of coal, passing through a lock on the Grand Union Canal near Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Train travelling through the Outback of South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Hudsons Dry Soap
Hudsons dry soap advert Date: 1900s

Container ship on the River Elbe, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Smugglers landing their cargo
The sun dispelling a mist, with smugglers landing their cargo

Model of the Victory, Nelsons Ship at Trafalgar

RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line
RMS Windsor Castle, passenger and cargo liner of the Union Castle Line. Date: circa 1960s

A tank transporter hauling a Challenger 2 main battle tank to Wales for an exercise. Challenger 2 is an advanced main battle tank in service with the British Army and with the Royal Army of Oman

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s
Riverboats loading at the Ohio River levee in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dockers busy unloading cargo at Cardiff Docks, a port in southern Cardiff, Wales. 18th April 1939

McDonnell Douglas YF4H-1 Phantom pre-production
Mcdonnell Douglas Yf4H-1 Phantom Pre-Production Model Which Set an Absolute World Speed Record at 1606Mph in 1961 Flown by Lt Col Robert B Robinson Date: 1961

Handley Page HP-70 Halton
Bond Air Servicehandley Page Hp-70 Halton Hp-71 Halifax A-9 Parked Date: 1940s

GROUP OF HOBOES, 1920s. Group of hoboes in the American midwest, 1920s

Towing Erie Canal barges on the Hudson River
Erie Canal grain-boats towed down the Hudson River to New York City, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lake Erie grain boat in a snowstorm
Steamship carrying grain on Lake Erie in a snowstorm, headed for Buffalo, New York, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wall Streets Tontine Coffee House in the late 1700s
Tontine Coffee House, corner of Water and Wall Street, meeting-place of New York brokers who formed the NY Stock Exchange. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Poster depicting Colombo, Ceylon
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting dock workers loading and unloading cargo at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Cargo ship in Culebra Cut, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

The Landing Jetty - Port Elizabeth, South Africa Date: circa 1905

Native vessels, Manama Pier, Bahrain, Persian Gulf
Native vessels by the pier at Manama, capital of Bahrain, Persian Gulf. Date: late 1940s

Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Whaleback ship - Poe Docks
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, Whaleback ship leaving Poe Docks. A whaleback was a type of cargo steamship of unique design

Blitz in London, ship at Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2
A badly damaged cargo ship at the Surrey Commercial Docks complex after being engulfed by the fires caused by heavy bombing raids during the Second World War

Manila Docks
Unloading a shipment of cargo from ships in Manila docks, Philippines. Three young men in shorts wipe the sweat from themselves in the heat. Date: late 1930s

Container ship in dock, Melbourne, Australia
Colour, Photography, nobody, outdoors, day, retail, service, merchandise, industry, transportation, ship, docks, harbour, reflection, Marine terminal, Freight terminal, cargo ship, container ship

Wreck in the Offing!, an illustration from Harpers Weekly, 1878 (litho)
STC311037 Wreck in the Offing!, an illustration from Harpers Weekly, 1878 (litho) by Pyle, Howard (1853-1911) (after); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Brewers Quay, Chester Quay and Galley Quay, Lower Thames Street, City of London, 1846. The scene includes the unloading of foreign provisions from vessels on the River Thames using winching

Cargo ship Telamon run aground at Lanzarote
Cargo ship Telamon run aground in Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, 31 October 1981. 1981

BAHAMAS-Grand Bahama Island-Freeport: Port of Freeport: Container Cargo Ship
BAHAMAS, Grand Bahama Island, Freeport: Port of Freeport: Container Cargo Ship

Advert for the Ministry of Food 1940
The weeks food facts No. 6. If you eat more than you need, you are wasting food as surely as if you had thrown it away. So eat what you need, but no more. Buy wisely and cater strictly

Container Ship, Port of Napier, Napier, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Canadian Pacific poster
Canadian Pacific Railway cruise ship to Canada, 1906 Date: 1906

Barge and windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A picturesque view of a sailing barge and Archers Windmill at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The Georgiana, a spritsail barge owned by Smeed Dean & Co of Kent

Dockside cranes. These cranes are designed for high-speed loading and unloading of containers. The container system is an efficient means of transporting many and varied types of cargo

SS Orsova, 1909
Photograph of the Orient Steam Navigation Companys Australian Mail Liner SS Orsova at sea, 1909. Built in 1909 by John Brown and Co

Landing in a Surf-boat at Accra, Ghana, 1891
Engraving of a native surf boat heading through the breakers, to bring its cargo of two European officers to land at Accra, Ghana

Loading Timber, Southampton Docks, 1916-17 (oil on canvas)
SOU80731 Loading Timber, Southampton Docks, 1916-17 (oil on canvas) by Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946); 51x61 cm; Southampton City Art Gallery, Hampshire

Fremantle Harbour from the Air, c1947. Creator: Unknown
Fremantle Harbour from the Air, c1947. From " Perth - City of Sunshine". [Australia House Bookshop, London, c1947]

Birds Eye View of Sixth Street Wharf, Washington D. C, published by Charles Magnus
XZL151145 Birds Eye View of Sixth Street Wharf, Washington D.C, published by Charles Magnus, 1863 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Library of Congress, Washington D.C

Fowey, Cornwall - Waterfront on the River Fowey
Fowey, Cornwall - Cargo Port at the Mouth of the River Fowey Date: circa 1908

Customs inspection with X-rays, World War I
An officer examines a bale of cotton with an X-ray machine to try and detect contraband during World War I in March 1915

Edinburgh: Leith Pier and Harbour, 1798

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H.M.s. " transit" on the Rocks Off Cape Oelar, Banca Island

SpaceX Dragon capsule at the ISS C016 / 4214
SpaceX Dragon capsule at the ISS. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of the Dragon cargo capsule from SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies)

Container ship lifeboat. This emergency lifeboat (orange) is aboard the Kyoto Express, a container ship owned by the German transportation company Hapag-Lloyd

Ro-Ro PCC Car Transporting Vessel in Southampton Water. Since 1970 the market for exporting and importing cars has increased dramatically and the number and type of RO/ROs has increased also

Containers in Container Terminal, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Port of New Orleans, engraved by D. G. Thompson (coloured engraving)
XIR192825 Port of New Orleans, engraved by D.G. Thompson (coloured engraving) by Waud, Alfred R. (1828-91) (after); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; American, out of copyright

Aerial view of Hurtigruten ship during a daily trip from Alesund to Geirangerfjord, More og Romsdal county, Norway

Douglas DC-3A N401JB (msn 3299), of Airgo (on lease to Horizon Cargo) Date: circa 1975

Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan 11162 (msn 440-454, CL-66C / CV-540). A CL-66C Napier Eland powered Cosmopolitan, at Burbank after disposal by RCAF without Eland engines

Budd RB-1 Conestoga. The sole survivor of 20 Stainless-steel cargo aircraft built during WWii, at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ. Date: circa 1990

Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPT tail
Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C G-ARPT (msn 2121), of British European Airways, at London Heathrow Airport, after the crash of BKS Air Transport Airspeed Ambassador G-AMAD on 3 July 1968

The Stevedores in Arles, 1888. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
The Stevedores in Arles, 1888

Harbour with a large tower, c.1641. Creator: Claude Lorrain
Harbour with a large tower, c.1641

Port Of Rouen, Unloading Wood, 1898. Creator: Camille Pissarro
Port Of Rouen, Unloading Wood, 1898

Landing foreign cattle at the British and Foreign Wharf, near the London Docks, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Landing foreign cattle at the British and Foreign Wharf, near the London Docks, 1865. Illustration of...the process of unloading a mixed cargo of sheep and cattle from the Magnet

Foreign cattle on board the Batavier, London and Rotterdam steamer, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Foreign cattle on board the Batavier, London and Rotterdam steamer, 1865. The importation of foreign bullocks and sheep for the immense consumption of London has lately been a subject of so much

The Great Eastern Railway Terminus and Hotel at Harwich, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Great Eastern Railway Terminus and Hotel at Harwich, 1865. The town and port of Harwich...is now becoming one of the most important stations of our commerce with Holland, Germany

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. Amidst the diverse commodities brought into the port of London by so many vessels from every region of the globe

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"Cargo: Tales of Trade and Treasures Across the Globe" Embark on a journey through time and continents as we explore the captivating world of cargo. From the majestic Canadian Pacific freight train locomotive at Banff station in Alberta, Canada, to the enchanting Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, witness how these mighty machines transport goods across vast landscapes. Unveil hidden stories of smugglers unloading their illicit treasures under moonlit skies, evoking an air of mystery and intrigue. Step back in time with us to British Malaya's Penang, where the Empire Marketing Board showcases exotic products that once traversed oceans for global consumption. Immerse yourself in vintage posters promoting transpacific voyages aboard luxurious liners - a testament to humanity's insatiable desire for exploration and commerce. Marvel at the Erie Canal barge gracefully gliding through Troy, New York - a lifeline connecting communities along its historic waterway. Journey to bustling South Street docks in 1870s New York City; feel the vibrant energy as ships from distant shores unload their precious cargoes onto American soil. Witness history unfold before your eyes as you step into Limehouse's Regents Canal Dock entrance in London during 1828 - a hub brimming with activity and trade. Delight your senses with barrels of molasses lining West India Docks in 1926-1927 London; imagine their sweet aroma wafting through narrow streets filled with merchants eager to profit from this liquid gold. Hear tales of shipwrecks like The Cromdale off Cornwall's Bass Point or Tresillian succumbing to stormy seas - reminders that even amidst progress, nature can still reclaim her dominion over man-made vessels. Cargo tells tales of resilience, adventure, triumphs, and tragedies etched into our collective memory. It symbolizes our interconnectedness as nations thrive on exchange while preserving cultural heritage through diverse commodities carried across oceans and continents.