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Aerial photograph of Leith, Victoria Shipyards
Unknown, 1939, Reproduction
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Aerial photograph of Leith, Victoria Shipyards
Aerial photograph of Leith, Victoria Shipyards
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36337
Title
Page from Leith Miscellany, volume IV, Aerial photograph of Leith, Victoria Shipyards
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This photograph was taken by a German reconnaissance plane at the beginning of the Second World War.
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Unknown
Date
1939
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Reproduction
Henry Robb was the last shipyard working in Leith. It started in 1918, grew over the years as Henry Robb bought more shipyards, and launched its last ship in 1983. By this time Henry Robb had built about 500 mostly small or medium-sized ships, and repaired many others, especially during the Second World War.
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