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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part for a new destroyer on the ways at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Riveted joints have been cut down by as much as two-thirds in the last few years, as welding has been developed to a point where it provides equal strength. Welding means l
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Credit lineShipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part for a new destroyer on the ways at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Riveted joints have been cut down by as much as two-thirds in the last f. 1941-01-01. United States. Office For Emergency Management, Palmer, Alfred T.. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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