Port & River — 1925-1939
Hook, bag hook
Docker's double bag hook with turned wooden handle. Used to lift less fine or delicate cargoes packaged in bags and sacks such as coffee beans. This type of hook was standard issue for dockers working for the Port of London Authority.
Londons Dockers used a range of dock hooks to handle particular cargoes. Efficient hooks were essential for moving cargoes speedily, especially when doing piecework. Dockers often owned their own hooks, usually buying them or having them made, when they started work.
- Category:
- Port & River
- Object ID:
- DK86.11/455
- Object name:
- hook, bag hook
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1925-1939
- Material:
iron alloy, wood
- Measurements/duration:
- L 165 mm, DM 113 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- London Museum Docklands: Warehouse of the World Gallery
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
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