The global reach of British industry

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The global reach of British industry

Post by AndrewGPaul » Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:10 pm

As Dave may or may not know, I work at the Tata Steel Dalzell works in Motherwell. This works has been in operation since 1872, and in it's time has provided steel for any number of big engineering projects; the Titanic, North Sea oil platforms, etc. While doing a bit of historical research in his spare time, one of my colleagues found this picture:

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Nothing particularly exciting, but the reason I post this here is that it's part of this:

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The battleship Mikasa, preserved as a museum ship in Yokosuka. If I'd known about that, I'd have tried to make a visit when I was in Japan.

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Post by YellowStreak » Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:45 pm

Ha! Nice. I'd like to go visit that ship, will have to look into it.
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Post by jehan-reznor » Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:42 am

Oh i didn't know that, i have been to kure, to the wartime museum with lots of Yamato info, and nearby when they had the 1:1 model used for the Japanese Movie.

I will surely go there when i have the chance.

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Post by ashmie » Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:40 am

Wow! How have I only just found this. Impressive. :)
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