System applicable to industries, such as German iron and steel Industry, where raw materials have to be sent by water for part of way, and by rail for remainder; idea is based upon "transport tube" introduced by Reichswerke fuer Berg und Huettenwesen during war; two kinds of vehicles and inclined hoist for transferring containers into and out of water and setting them on to railway trucks, described.
Amphibious vehicles for bulk transport
Engineer
Engineer ; 204 , n 5298
1957
2 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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