The Olympic & the Titanic being built

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The Olympic & the Titanic being built

The Olympic and the Titanic were sister ships, built simultaneously at Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This is a view of their bows in the shipyard building scaffolding. These were massive ships.

Date & Place: circa 1910 in Belfast, Northern Ireland United Kingdom

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