Britain's largest oil dock on estuary of Mersey River, will handle tankers of 30,000 tons dwc and over; 500-ft wide approach channel has 44-ft depth at high water of ordinary spring tides; entrance lock 807 ft long and 100 ft wide, controlled by three sliding gates operated by electric winches; four berths have lengths of 800 ft, 725 ft, 900 ft, and 730 ft; experimental work carried out with large scale models of dock and lock at Manchester University. (See also Engineer v 197 n 5113 Jan 22 1954 p 135-7; Engineering v 177 n 4592 Jan 29 1954 p 153-5; Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 83 n 3 Jan 31 1954 p 83-4)


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    Titel :

    New tanker facilities at eastham


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Dock Harbour Authority


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1954


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    New tanker facilities at eastham

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1954


    New tanker facilities at eastham

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