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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

Artist Unknown
Publisher Adams & Grace Co. (American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1925
MediumLithograph on paper
DimensionsOverall, Image: 12 9/16 x 23 in. (31.9 x 58.4 cm)
Overall, Plate: 15 7/8 x 25 in. (40.3 x 63.5 cm)
Overall: 18 x 28 in. (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Overall, Frame: 20 5/8 x 30 5/8 x 1 1/2 in. (52.4 x 77.8 x 3.8 cm)
Inscribed"Copyrighted by Adams & Grace Company, N.Y."
Credit LineGift of The Mariners' Museum
Object number48.57.1
On View
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DescriptionA lithograph of the Newport News shipyard. Shows a basket masted battle ship in left foreground. Two dry dock building ways, six ships building above ground, seventeen or more ships at the docks in various stages of construction and repair, three filled open dry docks, shops, etc. of the company, and the apartment houses for the workers and the town beyond the fence.