Steam locomotive cranes : advert issued by Stothert & Pitt, Bath : in Southampton Docks ; official sailing list and shipping guide ; April 1932 : Southern Railway Company : Southampton : 1932
Southampton Docks, owned and managed by the Southern Railway, was one of the UK's busiest ports and regarded as a jewel in the crown of the Southern who had acquired it via the predecessor London & South Western Railway upon Grouping in 1923. As well as trade Southampton, along with Liverpool, Plymouth and London, was one of the great passenger gateways as many of the major steamship lines that connected the globe in pre-aviation days used Southampton as either the origin or port of call for worldwide services. The Southern invested heavily in the Docks, even in the years of depression, to both extend and modernise facilities such as the new Western extensions and dry docks. The Docks passed to the nationalised British Transport Commission with the railways in 1948 but were later privatised.
The Guide was produced and updated monthly to show the vast range of sailings, both arriving and departing, and destinations served. It also contains information as to steamship companies, dock and port facilities and adverts for associated concerns.
This old fashioned advert - I suspect both the typeface and illustration block date back some years! - is for the well known crane and machinery builders of Stothert & Pitt who were based in Bath and whose products were often found in docks and harbour facilities.
Steam locomotive cranes : advert issued by Stothert & Pitt, Bath : in Southampton Docks ; official sailing list and shipping guide ; April 1932 : Southern Railway Company : Southampton : 1932
Southampton Docks, owned and managed by the Southern Railway, was one of the UK's busiest ports and regarded as a jewel in the crown of the Southern who had acquired it via the predecessor London & South Western Railway upon Grouping in 1923. As well as trade Southampton, along with Liverpool, Plymouth and London, was one of the great passenger gateways as many of the major steamship lines that connected the globe in pre-aviation days used Southampton as either the origin or port of call for worldwide services. The Southern invested heavily in the Docks, even in the years of depression, to both extend and modernise facilities such as the new Western extensions and dry docks. The Docks passed to the nationalised British Transport Commission with the railways in 1948 but were later privatised.
The Guide was produced and updated monthly to show the vast range of sailings, both arriving and departing, and destinations served. It also contains information as to steamship companies, dock and port facilities and adverts for associated concerns.
This old fashioned advert - I suspect both the typeface and illustration block date back some years! - is for the well known crane and machinery builders of Stothert & Pitt who were based in Bath and whose products were often found in docks and harbour facilities.