Shipbuilding within a few miles of London . Within a few miles of London , their existence known only to the men whose livelihood lies on the rivers of England are the shipbuilding yards where the majority of the barges and large vessels for England ' s inland water borne traffic are built . Shipbuilding methods tested throughout the years march with the latest means of production at Pollock ' s Faversham ( Kent ) yards . Huge electrical machines thunder next the hand worker to produce the familiar barges seen on England ' s waterways . Here , owing to the narrowness of the river , the completed vessls have to be launched broadside a manoeuvre far more derelicte than the ordinary launch . Photo shows , drilling the rivet holes in the steel plates and members at the Faversham yards . 8 April 1936