Brigham and Cowan drydock was built by new method in which barrel of dock is formed of series of buttresses to save mass concrete; precast reinforced concrete cantilever buttresses, each weighing 10 tons, were erected against clay faces; panels of dock floor concrete cast round feet of buttresses formed base for wall; length 715 ft, width at entrance 95 ft; accommodation is provided for ships of up to 38,000 tons dw. (See also Shipbldg and Shipg Rec v 88 n 13 Sept 27 1956 p 411-3)
South shields dry dock for super tankers
Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr
Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder ; 63 , n 582
1956
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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