Prince Rupert dry dock and shipyard: freighters under construction

Prince Rupert dry dock and shipyard : freighters under construction

Prince Rupert dry dock and shipyard : fabricated steel plates and beams surround bow of cargo vessel

East-end view of Prince Rupert shipyard : houses constructed for shipyard workers by Maritime Housing Limited at extreme upper right

Prince Rupert dry dock and shipyard : stamping bow plates for 10,000-ton [10 160-tonne] freighter under construction

Prince Rupert shipyard : mammoth punch press punching steel plate for cargo vessel

Prince Rupert shipyard : torches are used for cutting steel plates

Prince Rupert shipyard : in foundry of Prince Rupert shipyard, workmen prepare moulds for brass ship fittings

Prince Rupert shipyard: on “slab”, white-hot steel girder is bent to shape

Prince Rupert shipyard : propeller shafts for freighters are turned on huge lathes in machine shop

Prince Rupert shipyard : patterns laid on steel plate to mark hole locations for drilling

Prince Rupert shipyard : mammoth punch press punching steel plate for cargo vessel

Prince Rupert shipyard : welder at work on deck of 10,000-ton [10 160-tonne] cargo ship under construction

Prince Rupert shipyard : Patternmakers prepare patterns for many of the metal fittings used in ship construction

Prince Rupert shipyards : pouring molten brass in foundry

Prince Rupert shipyard : workmen move steel plates to fabricating shops

Prince Rupert shipyard : huge milling machines in shops

Prince Rupert shipyard : blast furnace in operation in slab shop

Prince Rupert shipyard : workmen operating large punch press in machine shop

Prince Rupert shipyard : white-hot steel beam for cargo vessel is pulled from blast furnace

Prince Rupert shipyard : drill press operator drilling steel fitting for cargo vessel in machine shop

Prince Rupert shipyard : “man at the trigger” Jock Davidson ready to release the trigger that will launch the ship S.S. Fort Stikine on her first journey to the sea

S.S. Fort Stikine : close-up of launch

S.S. Fort Stikine : wide view of launch

Building a schooner

The Canadian Sapper in dry dock

Prince Rupert shipyard: miles of heavy chains are used in outfitting freighters

Prince Rupert shipyard : cargo vessel under construction

S.S. Fort Stikine after being launched from the Prince Rupert shipyards

Prince Rupert shipyard : huge propeller for 10,000-ton [10 160-tonne] freighter under construction

Working on mast pole for schooner

Shipbuilding : fishing boats

Shipbuilding, Newfoundland Ship Yards Limited

Shop work in the construction of the ferry MV Bluenose at the Davie shipyard

Construction of the passenger and cargo ship MV Bonavista at the Hall Russell Shipyard

East end of the Prince Rupert shipyard and dry dock

A boat builder at work

Launching of the Canadian Challenger by Mrs. R.A. Clarke, centre

Mrs. R.A. Clarke, centre, and others at the launching of the Canadian Challenger

Launching of the Canadian Challenger

Shipbuilding, Chicoutimi, Quebec

Exterior of Marine Industries Ltd., a Canadian shipbuilding company