Picture No | 12700973 |
Date | 1841 |
Description | Shipyard of Green, Wigram and Green, East London |
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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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Source | Engravings in 'The Penny Magazine', 26 June 1841, page 251 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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