Nova Scotia Archives
Halifax and Its People / 1749-1999
"Lathe workers, Halifax Shipyards", 1956
Halifax Shipyards was founded in 1887 as the Halifax Graving Dock Company, providing the city with its first dry-dock facility (see image No. 16). Under various ownerships, the facility has continued to repair and/or to build vessels of all kinds for over a century.
Photographer: Nova Scotia Bureau of Information
Date: 1956
Reference: Nova Scotia Information Service Nova Scotia Archives no. 9145 / negative: 9145