No 3 SLIP: THE BIG SPACE. Number Three slip at Historic Dockyard / Dockyards Chatham in Kent. UK. When built in 1838 it was the largest wide span timber structure in Europe. (121)

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No 3 SLIP: THE BIG SPACE. Number Three slip at Historic Dockyard / Dockyards Chatham in Kent. UK. Built in 1838, the immense No. 3 Covered Slip at The Historic Dockyard Chatham was the largest wide span timber structure in Europe. The cantilever roof was built to the design of shipwright Sir Robert Seppings.

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: The Historic Dockyard Chatham. Kent. UK.
Photo credit: © David Gee / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: Yes

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