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Denver, Colorado. Piles of steel plate and steel beams, from Pennsylvania in a converted railroad yard where they are being "pickled" and prepared for intricate fabrication into ship parts, to be sent eventually to Mare Island for assembly into escort vessels
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Denver, Colorado. Piles of steel plate and steel beams, from Pennsylvania in a converted railroad yard where they are being "pickled" and prepared for intricate fabrication into ship parts, to be sent eventually to Mare Island for assembly into escort vessels

1942-01-01 · photo, print, drawing

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denver countydenvercoloradonitrate negativesunited states
Credit lineDenver, Colorado. Piles of steel plate and steel beams, from Pennsylvania in a converted railroad yard where they are being "pickled" and prepared for intricate fabrication into ship parts, to be sent. 1942-01-01. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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