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Fixing the first garboard strake to the keel with staples

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posted on 2025-02-07, 13:51 authored by John P CooperJohn P Cooper
A staple being bent (by boat builder Dilip Mondal) around a steel punch so that its free end can be driven down into the garboard plank. Its other end has already been driven into the staple rebate in the keel.

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Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Rights owner

John P Cooper

Cultural group

Namasudra

Country

India

Place

Dihimandalghat, West Bengal

Cultural context/event

Building

Date of creation

2022-10-14

Unique ID

2022SG04-B06-0340

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