Shipbuilding (Norfolk Navy Yard). This welder is torch flaming a part for a new destroyer on the ways at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Riveted joints have been cut down by as much as two-thirds in the last few years, as welding has been developed to a point where it provides equal strength. Welding means less weight and a saving in steel
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Public domain photograph of Virginia, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1941
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office for Emergency Management.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain