Image:Devonport Dockyard in 1909 plan.png
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This image is a map of Devonport Dockyard, England, in 1909, from the book Dock Book, June 1909, published by the British Admiralty "For the Information of Officers in H. M. Service Only.". The scan is from WW1 Archive.
This image is asserted to be GFDL. As a Crown Copyright work published in 1909 the book is in the public domain. The scan appears to be a mechanical conversion of a public domain work, a process which is not sufficient to create a new copyright under US law because it lacks creative input.
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This work is in the public domain worldwide. This is because either:
- It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government more than 50 years ago; or
- It is an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published more than 50 years ago; or
- It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving which was created by the United Kingdom Government more than 50 years ago.
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