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)


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    Titel :

    South shields dry dock for super tankers


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Shipbldr Mar Engine-Bldr


    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1956


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    South shields dry dock for super tankers

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