scrapyard

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Environment Correspondent Linda McKee explores the flurry of excitement that followed SS Nomadic's rescue from the scrapyard, as the next stage of her restoration is launched

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  • This area seemed to me more like a scrapyard than spaceport. —  Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2002
  • Alternatively, you may obtain from a scrapyard, an older commercial refrigeration compressor of the non-sealed unit type.
  • More than 3,500 cars had already been registered for the scrapyard contribution programme, according to Car Industry Association (ZAP) data released on Monday, April 6 - the day when the second round of the programme designed to see old cars replaced with new ones began. —  Slovak Spectator
  • Transactions can't occur unless seller can provide proof of ownership, has an account with the scrapyard or can document their authorization to sell the metal. —  guampdn.com - Local News
  • A vintage video featuring a scrap eating bird, who first ate junk from an auto scrapyard, then laid an egg that hatched into a full car. —  Coolbuzz
 

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