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Drydock construction at Cape Town

Kohler, C.M.J.

Ilustrated description of construction of world's largest drydock at Cape Town, South Africa; concrete was placed into traveling steel forms in successive monolithe by large cranes handling 2 cu yd buckets; grouting was used to seal concrete walls against leakage; closure gate slides into adjacent recess while auxiliary floating caisson may be used as emergency gate.

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Drydock construction at Cape Town

Kohler, C.M.J.

Ilustrated description of construction of world's largest drydock at Cape Town, South Africa; concrete was placed into traveling steel forms in successive monolithe by large cranes handling 2 cu yd buckets; grouting was used to seal concrete walls against leakage; closure gate slides into adjacent recess while auxiliary floating caisson may be used as emergency gate.

Drydock construction at Cape Town

Kohler, C.M.J.

Ilustrated description of construction of world's largest drydock at Cape Town, South Africa; concrete was placed into traveling steel forms in successive monolithe by large cranes handling 2 cu yd buckets; grouting was used to seal concrete walls against leakage; closure gate slides into adjacent recess while auxiliary floating caisson may be used as emergency gate.

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Title:

Drydock construction at Cape Town

Additional title:

Eng News-Rec

Contributors:

Kohler, C.M.J. (author)

Published in:

Engineering News-Record ; 136

Publication date:

1946

Size:

4 pages

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Print

Language:

English

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