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Identifier	RG0600-0020
Title	Cranes working in shipyard
Photographer	Litterst Coml. Photo Co.
Contributors	Donor, Bessie Hamaker
Description	View looking due North from Gantry Crane on craneway 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Hulls 2, 3, 4, and 5, from left to right, on ways 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively. Clyde Gantry Cranes and Derrick & Hoist Gantry Cranes in operation in center of picture. New welding slabs may be seen along right edge of picture. Receiving Building and Outside Office Building in right background, with Houston Ship Channel flowing from left to right beyond Receiving Building. Constant Potential Welding Sets under canvas awning in lower left of picture. Temporary Welding Slab and ship lighting may be seen on scaffold towers at head of each way.
Date Original	March 13, 1942
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	RG0600-0020.tif

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