New facility of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Co can accept tankers of up to 36,000 tons dw; length is 670 ft, width at entrance 92 ft with average depth of water over sill of 21 ft; construction is of reinforced concrete floor spanning as beam between side walls and projecting behind side walls to prevent flotation by mobilizing as ballast weight of backfill behind walls; adjustable bilge blocks are provided so that no altars are required for shoring ships.


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    Titel :

    Duke of Edinburgh dry dock, Swansea


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Dock Harbour Authority


    Beteiligte:
    Read, J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1959


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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