Harwich & Dovercourt Commercial Sector ~ Sub Section
~ 001 ~Harwich Coal Workers (1910) H&D ~
"Coal Trimmers Gang" on the loading barge, Harwich, Essex, (1910) H&D
This group photo of the coal trimmers gang at Harwich, shows the men taking a well earned rest away from the hard labour. The job of a coal trimmer or trimmer is a position within the coal-fired ship which involves all coal handling tasks, starting with the loading of coal into the ship and ending with the delivery of the coal to the stoker or fireman.
Most of the coal arriving at Harwich came via the railways and had to be unloaded by these men and then transferred to barges and stored in coal depot ships, until it was required at a later date by the ships, particular the Royal Navy during WW1. In the 1920s, virtually all of the world's steam-powered ships burned coal.
However, in the 1950s oil emerged as a cheaper, cleaner, less bulky alternative, and the coal-fired ship became just about obsolete.
Also in the photograph is Mr Hill (2nd from left, with glasses) who was the owner and local coal merchant "Hill & Son" seen below.
This group photo of the coal trimmers gang at Harwich, shows the men taking a well earned rest away from the hard labour. The job of a coal trimmer or trimmer is a position within the coal-fired ship which involves all coal handling tasks, starting with the loading of coal into the ship and ending with the delivery of the coal to the stoker or fireman.
Most of the coal arriving at Harwich came via the railways and had to be unloaded by these men and then transferred to barges and stored in coal depot ships, until it was required at a later date by the ships, particular the Royal Navy during WW1. In the 1920s, virtually all of the world's steam-powered ships burned coal.
However, in the 1950s oil emerged as a cheaper, cleaner, less bulky alternative, and the coal-fired ship became just about obsolete.
Also in the photograph is Mr Hill (2nd from left, with glasses) who was the owner and local coal merchant "Hill & Son" seen below.
~ #002 ~ Harwich Coal Depot "Hill & Son" (1910) H&D ~
~ #003 ~ Dust Cart No 2, Harwich Council Workers (1910) H&D ~
~ #004 ~ Coal Trimmers working the Thames (1900) H&D ~
~ #005 ~ Fairview Caravans Ltd (1964) H&D ~
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