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Platers fitting a steel plate onto the deck of a ship. Later it will be riveted and welded into place to make it watertight.
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A ship's deck takes shape as platers lay down plates. These will be bolted into place before being riveted and welded.
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Platers fitting a steel plate onto the deck of a ship. Later it will be riveted and welded into place to make it watertight.
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A ship's deck takes shape as platers lay down plates. These will be bolted into place before being riveted and welded.
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Circular platers fitted plates to curved areas such as funnels and masts. Here they are fitting an outer plate to the stern of a ship.
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John Cairns Plater’s Pricing
John Cairns was a plater. He describes how their wages were calculated by piecework rates for each different job.
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David Fleming Shipyard Slang
David Fleming describes the nicknames given to various jobs, such as catcher and heater-boy.
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David Fleming Plater
David Fleming started work as a plater in 1947. He describes the change from steel to the lighter aluminium, as used in the Canberra.
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