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The Pipebending Floor

Younger visitors especially will relish the opportunities in The Pipebending Floor – an interactive learning space

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This area was used to heat up metal pipes and bend them round pegs in the floor to make them the right shape for ships. Now it is an interactive area where visitors can discover how that was done.



The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ, England

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