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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever before in shipbuilding, saving time, weight and steel. This work is done at a nearby plant which formerly turned out freight cars. These workers are doing a dual welding operation on fuel oil tanks for the bottom of a "Liberty Ship"
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Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever before in shipbuilding, saving time, weight and steel. This work is done at a nearby plant which formerly turned out freight cars. These workers are doing a dual welding operation on fuel oil tanks for the bottom of a "Liberty Ship"

Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information · 1941-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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Credit lineShipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is more important than ever before in shipbuilding, saving time, weight and steel. This work is done at a nearby plant which formerly turned out freight cars. Th. 1941-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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