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About 1940. An old ship burning at Richmond Beach

Scrapped ships were grounded at high tide just beyond Duffy's Point and then burned to recover salvage material. Photo donated by J. David Ramhorst.

About 1940. An old ship burning at Richmond Beach

SHM-1949

Catalog number: SHM-1949
Dimensions: 998 x 640
File size: 220,622

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Dates:
1900-1999-1940s
Locations:
Named Places-Puget Sound
Named Places-Richmond Beach
Agents:
Events-Fires
Entities:
Landforms-Beaches
Landforms-Oceans and sounds
Technologies-Vehicles-Watercraft-Powered ships
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Print properties-Black and White

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