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The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
Looking down on numbers 1 and 2 holds of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) from the 1st floor balcony of a storage shed on a quay at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
Alongside the port side amidships of the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) during the unloading of a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
On board the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) during the unloading of a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
Bales of Tanganyika sisal from the British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) being transferred to an open railway truck on the quayside at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
The British India Steam Navigation Company cargo liner Chakdara (1951) unloading a cargo of Tanganyika sisal at Sunderland, Durham. (35mm negative)
Anchor joining shackle
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