HMS Glasgow ship's figurehead at Castle's Shipbreaking Yard
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HMS Glasgow ship's figurehead at Castle's Shipbreaking Yard
HMS Glasgow ship's figurehead at Castle's Shipbreaking Yard
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SC_PHL_02_0927_X72_381 (Collage 281727)
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London Metropolitan Archives: LCC Photograph Library
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Castles Shipbreaking Yard is a family business located on Millbank, with Baltic Wharf by the river where the ships were broken up and barges were built until 1870s, after which it became better known as a timber yard. The entrance to the Yard had figureheads which were taken from the ships.
Castles Shipbreaking Yard is a family business located on Millbank, with Baltic Wharf by the river where the ships were broken up and barges were built until 1870s, after which it became better known as a timber yard. The entrance to the Yard had figureheads which were taken from the ships.
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