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The Great Eastern under construction at Millwall.
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| Building of the Great Eastern. |
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| © National Maritime Museum, London |
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| Repro ID: H1692 |
| Description: Work began at John Scott Russell's Millwall shipyard in May 1854 with two thousand workers involved. Over 30,000 iron plates, weighing a third of a ton each, and three million rivets were used to construct the enormous hull of the 'Great Eastern'. |
| Creator: Robert Howlett |
| Date: 1857 |
| Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London | |
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