Launch of concrete barge PD25

Launch of the first concrete built barge, PD25, at Lake Shipyard, 17 August 1918. Paddle steamer in the middle distance salutes the launching. Barge was 190ft. long, had a 33ft. beam, was 15ft. 6in. in depth and at one time the shipyard employed 1,500 men. (Chisman, LW, 1978)

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