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Barry Docks, negative
Loading scrap metal aboard S.S. DUINO at Barry Docks, using three dockside cranes fitted with cactus-type grabs. In this way, 9,420 tons of No.1 scrap was loaded in 19 days compared to 41 days for the same tonnage loaded by the usual method of slings and nets.
S.S. DUINO (7159 GT), built 1943 in Richmond, USA. Ex-Jean P Chouteau- 1947, owned by Fratelli D'Anuco, Italy.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/1906
Acquisition
Donation, 14/5/1996
Measurements
Length
(mm): 61
Width
(mm): 90
Techniques
film negative (black & white)
film negative
negative
Material
film (photographic)
Location
In store
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