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Silo D (Grade 2 Listed)

II Grain silo. 1920, restored 1995. Made of Reinforced concrete. Simple plan of set back, central head house, with square compartments housing silos to either side and rear linked at high level, and with a  elevator on top, and leg to one side. The Windows are now blocked overlooking finger dock, with roundels on high level link. Interior has not been inspected. Bulk grain was lifted from ships and barges into the central cube of silos and the two side towers, both by traditional bucket conveyor and by suction elevator, and thence loaded on to other barges.
 

Stothert Pitt cranes on North and South sides of the Royal Victoria Dock (Grade 2 listed) 

Fourteen cranes located in pairs along North and South docksides, three pairs to the North, with four to the South. The Westernmost pair on the south side are the earliest, possibly from the 1920’s and the rest date from 1962. 

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