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| A building of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, 1877 | View of Howaldtswerke Kiel shipyard, Kiel, Germany, circa 1880s |
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| View of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, circa 1880 | View of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1880s |
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| Merchant ships under construction, Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, circa 1920s | View of Howaldtswerke shipyard from the opposite bank of the Schwentine River, Kiel, Germany, circa 1920s; note how little room there was to launch vessels from the slips |
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| View of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Kiel, Germany, circa 1920s | View of Howaldtswerke Kiel shipyard, Kiel, Germany, circa 1930 |
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| View of Howaldtswerke Kiel shipyard, Kiel, Germany, circa 1930s | View of Howaldtswerke shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1930 |
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| View of Howaldtswerke Kiel shipyard, Kiel, Germany, 1939; note slips, floating dry docks, equipping piers, and workshops; Schwentine River at right center |
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