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Improvements being made at Caen will open this port which is 15 km from sea, to ships up to 15,000 tons; work comprises construction of new 286 m long and 29-m-wide canal lock; difficult conditions involve installation of 18 wells for water pumping-out, and channel dredging operations of total volume of 5.4 million cu m; lock construction is described in detail.
Improvements being made at Caen will open this port which is 15 km from sea, to ships up to 15,000 tons; work comprises construction of new 286 m long and 29-m-wide canal lock; difficult conditions involve installation of 18 wells for water pumping-out, and channel dredging operations of total volume of 5.4 million cu m; lock construction is described in detail.
Caen
Travaux
Maisse, F. (author)
Travaux ; 47
1963
12 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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