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                                                                                                                                                        Naval engineering school, 19th century, (photo by science
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                                                                                                                                  Cast iron columns and capitals, St. Katherine  Telford's Katherine Dock warehouses in
                                                                                                                                  Docks, London. Philip Hardwick, architect.            London, early  examples of storage design
                                                                                                                                  Project designer, Thomas Telford. 1828.
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