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New facility of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Co can accept tankers of up to 36,000 tons dw; length is 670 ft, width at entrance 92 ft with average depth of water over sill of 21 ft; construction is of reinforced concrete floor spanning as beam between side walls and projecting behind side walls to prevent flotation by mobilizing as ballast weight of backfill behind walls; adjustable bilge blocks are provided so that no altars are required for shoring ships.
New facility of Prince of Wales Dry Dock Co can accept tankers of up to 36,000 tons dw; length is 670 ft, width at entrance 92 ft with average depth of water over sill of 21 ft; construction is of reinforced concrete floor spanning as beam between side walls and projecting behind side walls to prevent flotation by mobilizing as ballast weight of backfill behind walls; adjustable bilge blocks are provided so that no altars are required for shoring ships.
Duke of Edinburgh dry dock, Swansea
Dock Harbour Authority
Read, J. (author)
1959
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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