City of Detroit III - Scrapping photos
City of Detroit III
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The D-III disappears deck by deck as wreckers remove all that made her opulent in order to get to her metal bones.
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The bones of the D-III are towed under the Ambassador Bridge on their way to the scrapyard.
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Wreckers remove the wooden infrastructure from the glorious vessel so they can get to her metal bones.
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Wreckers destroy the palace, ripping out its wooden infrastructure and piling it on the dock.
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The majestic vessel, relieved of all its decorative woodwork, sits scrapped to her bones at dock
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The captain's wheels after being removed from the D-III
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The pilothouse in the process of being scrapped
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The hulls of the Eastern States, left, and City of Detroit III after being cut down.
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The City of Detroit III shortly before it was scrapped.