Shipping Guinness beer in giant metal beer kegs (transportable tanks) by truck to the docks to be loaded on to ships by fork-lift trucks, Dublin, Eire c. 1955
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3307 x 2160 px | 28 x 18.3 cm | 11 x 7.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Dublin port, EireMore information:
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Shipping Guinness beer in giant metal beer kegs (transportable tanks) by truck to the docks to be loaded on to ships by fork-lift trucks, Dublin, Eire c. 1955. Guinness relied on their fleet of ships to export their famous stout in bulk from Dublin Port to the English ports of Liverpool, Manchester and London from 1913. From there the product was supplied to the rest of the British market and was bottled for export to other countries. This trade continued until April 1993 when the last ship sailed out of Dublin. By 1930 the trade in London had grown so much that the Company decided to have a ship specially built. The S.S. Guinness, shown here, was the first ship to be custom-built for the company. She was built at Aisla yard, Troon, Scotland and was launched in May 1931. The ship carried beer to London until 1938. By this time the first overseas Brewery in Park Royal, North London, had been opened and had begun to supply the London area. From 1938 the ship continued to supply Guinness to Manchester. The transportable tanks, introduced in 1953, were a new form of container developed specially to transport Guinness and replace smaller wooden casks. They were made of aluminium or stainless steel, and each carried over 500 gallons (4030 pints) of liquid - a historical 1950s black and white photograph.