The cargo liner City of Pretoria (1947) entering the South Dock Lock entrance to the West India Docks from Blackwall Reach, London.

A slightly distant port bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the cargo liner City of Pretoria (1947) entering the South Dock Lock entrance to the West India Docks from Blackwall Reach, London. She has a rope ladder deployed over her side and is passing between the two arms of the bascule bridge which takes Preston's Road over the lock. A shore gang is walking her bow line along the lock side overseen by the lock master. A tug is standing off her starboard bow.