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| This selection of photographs shows tankers collecting latex from cargo vessels at Liverpool docks, for transport to factories for tyre manufacture. |
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Latex is a liquid sap, obtained from rubber trees. Before the use of tankers, latex was transported through a pipeline, day and night. |
| The photograph on the right shows a 3,000 gallon road tanker, c.1950 |
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