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

A 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. The bascule bridge which takes Preston's Road over the lock is in the background. A shore gang is walking her bow line along the lock side overseen by the lock master.