Scrapping a Ship Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Men on deck of partially dismantled ship, workers, large crane lifting large beam from superstructure, lowering it onto pile with similar beans on railroad flatcar - two large similar pieces of ship’s engine on shore - pile of lifeboats, scrap iron - worker aligning large cement block over hole in deck, block dropping into hole - Abner Harding’ towing hull to big crane to remove boilers and engine. Hull of ship being pushed by tug, plant and large overhead crane in background - S.S. Lake Linden, G.V, 6/24/26. Ship at dock, large crane, plant in background, railroad box cars, workers - smokestack being lifted off partially dismantled ship, being lowered onto railroad car, workers. [1926]
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