This photograph shows Corporal L. H. McLaughlin operating a hoisting crane at the Naval Railway Battery in St Nazaire, France during World War One. The image highlights a car filled with pit foundation material, which is packed in sand. The photograph was taken on August 1, 1918, and was approved by the censor. (50 words)

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License: Licensed
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