UK: INDUSTRY : Launch of Singapore dock Gate at Wallsend, Tyneside (1927)

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    Launch of Singapore dock gate at Wallsend, Tyneside .Swan Hunter built the gates and? Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION - DOCK LEAVES - One section of 60,000 - ton floating dock to be towed 18, 5000 miles to Singapore , launched at Wallsend. ENGLAND: Northumberland: Wallsend : Swan , Hunter & Wigham ,Richardson shipyard Launch of vessel carrying Singapore dock gate into the river Tyne , tugs pulling platfrom with dock gate Background: Launch of Singapore dock gate at Wallsend, Tyneside .Swan Hunter built the gates and a Dutch firm, Smit, shipped them on vessels from Holland to Singapore in June 1928. FILM ID: VLVA13DUZY9QZJ2IAE86QAF6Q4AAI To license this film, visit https://www.britishpathe.com Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé
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    Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWQVX_woe2Y
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