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The St. John's Dry Dock. circa 1900.

 

Ship repair in St. John's. Ship repair on the west end of Water Street. Circa 1910.

The St. John's Dry Dock today. Zinc blocks are attached to the hull of ships. The relative chemical strength of different metals  causes zinc to corrode before ferrous metals. St. John's Dock Yard. 1998 . Photo by H. Pinsent.

The Marystown Shipyard was recently sold by the Newfoundland and Labrador Government. The purchase price was $1.00.  Photo by H. Pinsent

St. John's Dockyard. 1998. Photo by H. Pinsent

The Japanese Vessel RYOEI MARU no. 36. at the St. John's Dock Yard. Some foreign fishing vessels spent years at a time off of Canada's Atlantic seaboard. Repairs and outfitting are contracted out.  Photo by J. Crummey (December 1998).

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