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Title: [Union Iron Works, July 4th, 1918] (2 views)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1918
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: View 1 (2017-0184) -- view 2 (2017-0185).
Shows the launching of freighters from the Alameda Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation.
Initially shipyard established by United Engineering Company; purchased by Union Iron Works in 1916 (later Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation); came to be known as Alameda Works. On July 4th, 1918, launched four freighters - Defiance, Independence, Victorious, and Challenger.
Type: image
Format: Unmediated
Sheet
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 2 photographs : prints ; 8 x 10 in.
Identifier: (C)001596375CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Union Iron Works--Photographs
Shipyards--California--Alameda
Ship building industry--California--Alameda
Cargo ships--California--Alameda
Launchings--California--Alameda
Alameda (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place: California
Alameda
Alameda (Calif.)

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