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Page 14
... steel were brought to white heat , withdrawn , and wrought into the exact shape dictated by the full - scale plans . One of the many talents of the frame - bender was judging how much the cooling frame would straighten itself ; by that ...
... steel were brought to white heat , withdrawn , and wrought into the exact shape dictated by the full - scale plans . One of the many talents of the frame - bender was judging how much the cooling frame would straighten itself ; by that ...
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... steel bit would scribe and cut the portholes . Elsewhere in Britain , components were completed . Giant steel castings of those after frames to support the tail shafts were poured in Darlington and tested for soundness by being dropped ...
... steel bit would scribe and cut the portholes . Elsewhere in Britain , components were completed . Giant steel castings of those after frames to support the tail shafts were poured in Darlington and tested for soundness by being dropped ...
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... steel tripods , eight feet high , on top of circular bases . These bases would remain as table supports but the steel above them had to go . The method of removing the four light stanchions was for a cutter armed with an oxyacetylene ...
... steel tripods , eight feet high , on top of circular bases . These bases would remain as table supports but the steel above them had to go . The method of removing the four light stanchions was for a cutter armed with an oxyacetylene ...
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Atlantic Overture | 1 |
Building the Mauretania | 10 |
OlympicTitanic | 44 |
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