Shipyard of Green, Wigram and Green, East London
Shipyard of Green, Wigram and Green, between West India Dock and East India Dock, near the Isle of Dogs, East London. Showing men at work boring for treenails (trenails) with an auger, and caulking (inserting oakum between the planks to make the ship watertight)
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Picture No
12700973
Media ID
48980637
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engravings in The Penny Magazine', 26 June 1841, page 251
Date
1841


