A view of crushed cars on a lighter barge in Newark, New Jersey taken from the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964)

A view of crushed cars on a lighter barge in Newark, New Jersey taken from the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964). The numbers "DB5" are on the stern of the barge. A dilapidated grey building is abaft of the barges in the middle ground. There are two cranes in the middle ground currently loading a second lighter barge with more crushed cars to the left of the first barge. Numerous crushed cars, piles of metal are in the background. This is Slide 73 of a series of slides detailing Captain H. Bird's service as Second Officer on board the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964) owned by Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd of Cardiff, from 17 May 1970 to 26 November 1970. This series consists of 83 slides.

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ID:	PCT16332
Type:	Colour transparency
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Bird, Henry P.
Vessels:	Australian City (1964)
Date made:	Early September 1970
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Bird Collection
Measurements:	Image: 27 mm x 27 mm;Mount: 50 mm x 50 mm

A view of crushed cars on a lighter barge in Newark, New Jersey taken from the motor bulk carrier Wilkawa (1964)

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