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The Salvage of the Great Britain
Falkland Islands 1970

File number: ssba0228

© South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison

To prepare for the lowering of the spar, Royal Marine sargeant Tony Stott climbed the main mast and rigged a harness so the salvage team could work aloft. The spar was 105 feet long and weighed almost four tons.

 

 

 

 
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