Barges built by Consolidated Western Steel Corp at Orange, Tex; at dock site barge drops round 6 × 100 ft steel caissons through holes in structure and proceeds to jack itself to elevation above ocean high tide or flood level of river; typical barge was towed across 3000 mi of ocean to ore shipping point of Orinoco River in Venezuela.
Prefab dock on cross-ocean tow to major ore shipping point
Eng Min J
Engineering and Mining Journal ; 153 , n 6
1952
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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