Aggregate Carrier Bert Prior In Deptford
The River Thames is still very much a working river used by passengers, freight and leisure. Big cargo ships go into the Thames Estuary ports and smaller freight vessels, such as the coaster Bert Prior, work up the river into London.
When photographed, Bert Prior was working as an aggregate carrier for J. J. Prior, a company with a long history. Each voyage brought in around 280 tons of aggregate into for the concrete plant at Brewery Wharf on Deptford Creek, a short distance up the River Thames from Greenwich.
To access the wharf, the bascules of Deptford Bridge were raised in the same way as Tower Bridge. Having reversed into the creek and tying up, a crane then discharged the cargo which had been brought from Fingringhoe in Essex. Deptford Creek is the mouth of the River Ravensbourne, a tributary of the River Thames.
The aggregate carrier boat Bert Prior passing through Deptford Creek Bridge which carries the A200 into Greenwich
Bert Prior steams into the sun heading down Deptford Creek into the River Thames
J.J. Prior On YouTube
A film of J. J. Prior’s operations can be watched on YouTube.
More Commercial Ship Posts
NLV Pharos Visiting London
Extreme E Support Ship “St Helena” Visits London
General Cargo Ship “Fast Julia”
Chemical Tanker “Sir John Fisher” Visits London
Trinity House Vessel Galatea Sails Up The Thames
Thames Vitality Oxygenation Boat
RRS Sir David Attenborough Passes Woolwich
