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Shipbuilding (Newport News). One of the major advances in shipbuilding during the past two decades has been the substitution of welding for rivets in a number of vital sections of warcraft. Welding means much less weight and much less steel for each ship. This is one of hundreds of welders employed at Newport News, working on the man-hole coaning for a new cruiser

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Shipbuilding (Newport News). One of the major advances in shipbuilding during the past two decades has been the substitution of welding for rivets in a number of vital sections of warcraft. Welding means much less weight and much less steel for each ship. This is one of hundreds of welders employed at Newport News, working on the man-hole coaning for a new cruiser

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

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01/01/1941

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Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Newport News (Va.), 36.97889, -76.42806

Google Map of 36.97888888888889, -76.42805555555556

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Library of Congress

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