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Identifier	RG0600-0021
Title	Ship hulls under construction
Photographer	Litterst Coml. Photo Co.
Contributors	Donor, Bessie Hamaker
Description	View looking due West from Gantry Crane on craneway 6 between shipways 5 and 6. Hulls 1, 2, and 3 on shipways 6, 5, and 4, from left to right. Hulls number 1 and number 2 rapidly approaching completion. Substation number 7 and proposed extension adjacent to Constant Potential Welding Sets at right center of picture. Maritime Office Building and new Plate Shop at left center with Gantry Cranes of Additional Facilities in left background. Houston Ship Channel in center background of picture.
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	RG0600-0021.tif

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