Scrap Iron
Sparks fly as ship breaker James Beveridge uses an oxy-acetylene torch to cut iron cheeses from one of the twin 15-inch (381 mm) gun barrels of the Royal Navy Revenge-class battleship HMS Revenge whilst she is in the process of being scrapped at the Thomas W Ward shipyard on 4 September 1950 in Inverkeithing,Fife,Scotland, United Kingdom. (Photo by Don Price/ Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
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697472641
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Hulton Archive
Date created:
04 September, 1950
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