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    • Air compressor station in shipyard

    • Air compressor station in shipyard

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding

    • View of Air Compressor Station looking west from east side. All four units in full operation. Part of structural steel for building in foreground. Natural gas regulator for fuel to compressors at left foreground. Ship in background is on...
    • Smaller turn-stile to Shuttle Train

    • Smaller turn-stile to Shuttle Train

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Ships ; Stiles ; Turnstiles ; Gates

    • View of segregated intake to Shuttle Train, which transported workers from shipyard to downtown Houston. Two turnstiles in foreground. Turnstiles may be swiveled for payment at either entrance or exit from platform. New watch-tower in parking lot...
    • Larger turn-stile to Shuttle Train

    • Larger turn-stile to Shuttle Train

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Ships ; Stiles ; Turnstiles ; Gates

    • View of segregated entrance to Houston Shuttle Train. Four turnstiles on turn-tables for reversing at right center. Change booth and token booth at left.
    • View of Clock Alley

    • View of Clock Alley

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships

    • View of present Clock Alley with all additions from inside of Yard. Second floor at right used by Timekeepers and Time Checkers. New Clock Alley at left adjacent to Personnel Building in service. Sidewalks and restoring of grade in foreground.
    • U. S. Maritime Commission Office Building

    • U. S. Maritime Commission Office Building

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships

    • U. S. Maritime Commission Office Building in new location adjacent to General Office Building. U. S. Maritime Commission occupies entire second floor of building. Lower floor is occupied by American Bureau of Shipping, B. M. I. N., Draft Department...
    • View of hurricane damaged scaffolding

    • View of hurricane damaged scaffolding

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding

    • View of scaffolding along starboard side of way number 3. Showing damage from hurricane of July 27, 1943, referred to as the Surprise Hurricane.
    • Aerial view of shipyard looking due east

    • Aerial view of shipyard looking due east

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships

    • General aerial view looking due East. New shipways 7, 8, and 9, at right center from left to right. Hull number 7 now being constructed on way number 7. Original facilities shipways 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, from left to right in center of picture....
    • Aerial view of shipyard looking due southwest

    • Aerial view of shipyard looking due southwest

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships

    • General aerial view of shipyard looking due southwest from point above northeast corner of Outfitting Pier. Building in immediate foreground is Group Shops Building, and adjacent thereto is the Receiving Building. The small buildings grouped to the...
    • Aerial view of shipyard looking due east

    • Aerial view of shipyard looking due east

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships

    • General aerial view of shipyard looking due east from point above Houston Shipbuilding Corporation's property. Shipways one through six and seven through nine from left to right in center of picture. New Plate and Angle Shop between shipways number...
    • Aerial view of shipyard looking west

    • Aerial view of shipyard looking west

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships

    • Aerial view looking west from point above Mainland adjacent to Houston Ship Channel. Outfitting Pier and Slip along foreground and along Houston Ship Channel which traverses the picture from upper left to right center. Main Shops Building and Mold...
    • Welding station at shipyard

    • Welding station at shipyard

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Ships--Welding

    • View looking east from Observation Platform near center of yard. Open type welding slab on way number 5 in center, with innerbottom sections being assembled. Closed type of welding platform on way number 4 at left, with burning operations in...
    • View looking northeast of the center of the shipyard

    • View looking northeast of the center of the shipyard

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc

    • View looking northeast from Observation Platform near center of yard. Ship work on welding slabs in center and foreground. Receiving Building and Issue Building in left background. Ship Channel and bulkhead wall of Outfitting Pier in center...
    • Gantry Crane on runway number 6

    • Gantry Crane on runway number 6

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc

    • Looking to North from top of Gantry Crane on crane runway number 7. Ship ways numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in center of picture from right to left. Hulls 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 in same direction on these ways. Derrick & Hoist Gantry Crane in...
    • Construction in the shipways

    • Construction in the shipways

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding

    • View looking northwest from top of gantry crane number 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Shipways 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, with hulls 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 from right to left, in center. Stiff leg derrick and revolving gantry crane along outfitting pier in center...
    • Close view of shipways

    • Close view of shipways

    • Shipyards ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Ships--Welding

    • View looking due south from point between original facilities and additional facilities. Hull number 26 being erected on shipway number 7 at left of picture. Shipways number 8 and number 9 in center and right of picture. American Gantry Crane being...
    • Cranes at work in shipyard

    • Cranes at work in shipyard

    • Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding

    • View looking North from top of Gantry Crane on number 6 craneway at inboard end of shipbuilding ways 5 and 6. Hulls 3, 4, 5, and 6, from left to right, on ways 4, 3, 2, and 1, respectively. Clyde Gantry Cranes and Derrick & Hoist Gantry Cranes in...

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