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Barry Docks, negative
British Transport Docks Board
(photographer)
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.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1996.96/1906
Historical Associations
Association Type: Place name
Place: Barry Docks
Creation/Production
Acquisition
donation, 14/5/1996
Measurements
Length
(mm): 61
Width
(mm): 90
Material
Film (photographic)
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