[Ms. volume (3 vols. in 1) re working practices, equipment and supplies etc. at Port of London Authority and at Merseyside Docks and Harbour Board / Major R.C. Gabriel R.E., covering period late 1940s/early 1050s. Volume is both written and compiled; it totals c.135pp. but with many items additionally stuck in. Covers dock railways; berthing, loading and unloading, stowage etc of ships; tugs, cranes and other equipment; dock organisation. Profusely illustrated with drawings, plans, maps, diagrams, post cards and photographs. 2 vols. are re PLA, 1 vol. is re MD & HB, chiefly covering period late 1940s/early 1950s]