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Construction of dry dock at Havana, Cuba
Construction was unusual because conditions at site required design and method of construction by which dock walls had to be built in 40 ft of water; dock consists of gravity walls and relieved floor; all concrete under water was made by injecting grout into previously placed stone; working length of dock is 440 ft, with gate in inner groove, width 91 ft between walls, depth of water over keel blocks 23 ft at low tide.
Construction of dry dock at Havana, Cuba
Construction was unusual because conditions at site required design and method of construction by which dock walls had to be built in 40 ft of water; dock consists of gravity walls and relieved floor; all concrete under water was made by injecting grout into previously placed stone; working length of dock is 440 ft, with gate in inner groove, width 91 ft between walls, depth of water over keel blocks 23 ft at low tide.
Construction of dry dock at Havana, Cuba
Dock Harbour Authority
Kohler, C.M.J.W. (author)
1960
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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