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Not even crumbling ironwork, rotting timbers, and a major fire could completely thwart the dramatic plans to preserve and restore the Cutty Sark—the last intact version of Britain’s famed tea clipper ships—by elevating the historically protected vessel approximately 3 m within its dry berth setting. But engineers did have to find a way to prevent the iron-and-timber-framed ship from collapsing under its own weight.
Not even crumbling ironwork, rotting timbers, and a major fire could completely thwart the dramatic plans to preserve and restore the Cutty Sark—the last intact version of Britain’s famed tea clipper ships—by elevating the historically protected vessel approximately 3 m within its dry berth setting. But engineers did have to find a way to prevent the iron-and-timber-framed ship from collapsing under its own weight.
Uplifting Experience
Reid, Robert L. (author)
Civil Engineering Magazine Archive ; 83 ; 46-53
2016-01-01
82013-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
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