Ship being broken up, Grangemouth

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1930
 Description
View of a ship's boiler room showing a boiler and associated pipework. Beyond it is a control room with a number of gauges. The superstructure and upper decks have already been removed and now the boiler room, which is at the deepest point in a ship's hull, is open to daylight.
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Department
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Maker
Production date
Circa 1930
Subject place
Grangemouth Docks/Grangemouth area
Subject notes
The steam pipes connected to the boiler have been lagged to insulate them. This insulation contained asbestos the dust of which can cause fatal lung damage, although this was not known at this time. Many in shipbreaking suffered as a result and the sites became contaminated.
Accession number
P09160

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