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)


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    Title :

    Largest marine railway on pacific coast


    Additional title:

    Pac Mar Rev


    Contributors:
    Dean, B.F. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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