Illustrated description of side haul marine railway designed by Crandall Dry Dock Engineers of Boston, Mass, and built at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Ore, for U S Navy; railway consists of three sections, incline, shunt area, and transfer area; ships up to 400 ft long can be lifted up incline and moved onto shunt area; three electric motors of 200 hp under apron near headwall furnish power for chains which raise and lower cradles. (see also Western Construction News v 20 n 6 June 1945 p 79-82)
Largest marine railway on pacific coast
Pac Mar Rev
Pacific Marine Review ; 42 , n 4
1945
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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