Floating grain elevator with capacity of 300 tph was built for United Grain Elevators Ltd by Verschure and Co; it is mounted on pontoon with length of 98 ft 6 in., breadth of 42 ft and depth of 11 ft 6 in., divided by 3 watertight bulkheads into 4 compartments; engine room, etc, are below deck, tower has 3 floors; 5-cyl Mirrlees engine rated 475 shp at 750 rpm drives 2 120-kw generators and 65-kw compound generator.


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    Title :

    Dutch-built grain elevator for Liverpool owners


    Additional title:

    Shipbldg Shipg Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1961


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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