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no.1956

SS Antonia Launch

11 Mar 1921

View of bow of Cunard ship well down the greased ways. Many workers watching. Cranes and scaffolding on left with structure of a gantry crane on right.

https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/collection/view/?id=9889

no.1956

SS Antonia Launch

11 Mar 1921

View of bow of Cunard ship well down the greased ways. Many workers watching. Cranes and scaffolding on left with structure of a gantry crane on right.

Location: Barrow Island Ward, Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria Archives Reference: BDB 86/1/7660
Sankey Number: 1956

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