Panoramic view of the Western Pipe and Steel shipyard
1917
A wide view across the yard of the Western Pipe and Steel Company at South San Francisco, photographed by the firm itself in January 1918. The yard was part of the wartime shipbuilding effort on the bay, and the image was gathered into the government's collection of First World War photographs. Held by the National Archives.
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