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| | Birkenhead-Built: An Unrivaled Historical Legacy |
 | | The Laird, Son and Co. shipyard that launched Denbigh in 1860 was already famous for its advances in iron ship construction. |
 | | Under the direction of its founder, John Laird (right), the shipyard quickly established a name for itself in the building ships of iron, very much an untried and somewhat mistrsted material in the 1830s and 1840s. |
 | | This reputation secured a position for the Laird yard and its successor, Cammell-Laird, at the forefront of the British shipbuilding industry, a position which it retained well into the 20th century. |
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