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In the very visually striking opening to Les Miserables (2012), a ship is being dragged into dry dock by prisoners using large ropes. How close is this to how ships were actually brought in to dry dock in Early 19th Century Europe?

by /u/ForWhomTheBoneBones in /r/AskHistorians

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