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Newport News, Virginia. A small section of the shipyard, showing an overhead travelling ("Gantry") crane in the foreground. There are two ways on which ships are being built visible in the picture. The ship at far background is the S.S. American
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Newport News, Virginia. A small section of the shipyard, showing an overhead travelling ("Gantry") crane in the foreground. There are two ways on which ships are being built visible in the picture. The ship at far background is the S.S. American

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management · 1941 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineNewport News, Virginia. A small section of the shipyard, showing an overhead travelling ("Gantry") crane in the foreground. There are two ways on which ships are being built visible in the picture. Th. 1941. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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