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Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Right through the metal cute this acetylene torch, directed by the skilled hands of one of the thousands of workers in the yard. This plate will be taken by an overhead crane to the building ways, where it will become a part of one of the Navy's new battlecraft
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Credit lineShipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). Right through the metal cute this acetylene torch, directed by the skilled hands of one of the thousands of workers in the yard. This plate will be taken by an overhe. 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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