General arrangement drawings of dock are reproduced; length o.a. 630 ft., width 113 ft., total lifting power 15,000 tons; machinery is all electrically driven, current being obtained from three separate Diesel-engine driven d.c. generating units, each of 230 kw. capacity at 230 volts; they are direct coupled to 4-cylinder 2-stroke airless-injection Diesels, each of 360 b.hp. having speed of 275 r.p.m.; pumping equipment. (See also and Shipg. Rec vol. 33, no. 7, Feb. 14, 1929 pp. 195-197, 6 figs; Compressed Air Mag., vol. 34, no. 4, Apr. 1929, p. 2730, 3 figs., Shipbldr., vol. 36, no. 226, May 1929, pp. 493-502, 18 figs.)
15,000-ton floating dock for Newcastle, N.S.W.
Engineering
Engineering ; 127 , n 3304
1929
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15,000-ton floating dock for Newcastle, N.S.W.
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
15,000-ton floating dock for Newcastle, N.S.W.
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
15,000-ton floating dock for Newcastle, N.S.W.
Engineering Index Backfile | 1929
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