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Identifier	RG0600-0012
Title	Construction in the shipways
Contributors	Donor, Bessie Hamaker
Description	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 background. Clyde gantry cranes on crane runways number 5 and number 4 in operation. Derrick and Hoist gantry cranes on crane runways number 3 and number 2 being assembled. Fabricated frames for hulls in foreground. Paint Shop, Outside Office and Issue Building, and Receiving Building in background. Houston Ship Channel continuous across background of picture.
Date Original	December 13, 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 ; Gantry cranes ; Cranes, derricks, etc ; Ships--Welding
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	RG0600-0012.tif

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