Brigham and Cowan drydock was built by new method in which barrel of dock is formed of series of buttresses to save mass concrete; precast reinforced concrete cantilever buttresses, each weighing 10 tons, were erected against clay faces; panels of dock floor concrete cast round feet of buttresses formed base for wall; length 715 ft, width at entrance 95 ft; accommodation is provided for ships of up to 38,000 tons dw. (see also Shipbldr and Mar Engine-Bldr v 63 n 582 Oct 1956 p 593-5)
South shields dry dock for super tankers
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 88 , n 13
1956
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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