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Identifier	RG0600-0006
Title	Aerial view of shipyard looking due east
Photographer	Payne, Elwood M.
Contributors	Donor, Bessie Hamaker
Description	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 6 and number 7. Main Shop Building, Mold Loft, and Plate Storage Yard in center background with outfitting slip beyond. Receiving Building and Group Shops Building at left background. Hulls number 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and 26 from left to right on shipways. Gantry Cranes in operation and being erected at various places throughout the Yard.
Date Original	December 26, 1941
Source	4 x 5 ; black-and-white negatives
Type	Image
Language	English
Subject Keywords	Shipyards--Texas--Houston ; Warships ; Shipbuilding--Texas--Houston ; Shipbuilding--Equipment and Supplies ; Ships
Coverage Spatial	Irish Bend Island Yard -- Houston Shipyard (Houston, Tex.)
Coverage Temporal	1941-1945
Publisher	Electronic version published by Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas.
Collection	RG0600 Houston Shipbuilding Corporation Photographs
HPL Location	Houston Shipbuilding Corporation Photographs, Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library
Rights	Please contact the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston, Texas.
Date Digital	2012
Format	jpg
Digitization Specifications	800dpi ; tiff ; Epson Perfection V700 Photo
Filename	RG0600-0006.tif

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