Drydock of Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. is on Quebec shore at mouth of St. Charles River; dock of G. T. Davie and Sons is on south bank of St. Lawrence at Lauzon, opposite Quebec; tracks for both installations are of three-way type; those for Morton dock are of select Douglas fir; tracks for Davie dock are of reinforced concrete for upper 362 ft., placed directly on rock surface; each drydock is hauled by cast-steel chains, without welds, connected to cradle through equalizing mechanism. (See also - partly on p. 406)


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    Title :

    Two railway dry docks at Quebec


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 151 , n 3926


    Publication date :

    1931


    Size :

    2 pages


    Remarks:

    11 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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