New 2500 metric ton Crandall type slipway was inaugurated at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in May 1962; drydock consists of steel cradle, 350 ft long and 60 ft wide, traveling on curved inclined track 711 ft long; system of free rollers in bushed steel frames provides low friction rolling between carriage shoe plates and rail plates of ways; track is of 2-way type, which assures statically determinate distribution of weight to each way; steel cradle frame is divided, with hauling chains attached to inshore end of after section.


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    Titel :

    Europe's largest railway dry dock


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Dock Harbour Authority


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1962


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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