Describes method employed by Good Hope Foundry Works Corpn., according to which reinforced-concrete ship is constructed on dry dock with keel on top; after setting of concrete, dry dock and ship are floated into a cylinder-shaped floating dock and secured, whereupon floating dock with aid of ballast cells is rotated through an angle of 180 deg. and ship is then taken out; after further rotation of 180 deg. the pontoon can also be taken out.
Revolvable floating dock for use in the construction and launching of reinforced-concrete ships
Drehwerk mit ausfahrbaren Schwimmbuhnen fu r den Bau von Eisenbetonschiffen
Beton und Eisen ; 19 , n 16
1920
3 pages
8 Figs.
Article (Journal)
German
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