Illustrated description of side haul marine railway designed by Crandall Dry Dock Engineers of Boston, Mass, and built at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Ore, for U S Navy; railway consists of three sections, incline, shunt area, and transfer area; ships up to 400 ft long can be lifted up incline and moved onto shunt area; three electric motors of 200 hp under apron near headwall furnish power for chains which raise and lower cradles. (See also Pac Mar Rev v 42 n 4 Apr 1945 p 210-12)
Largest marine railway on pacific coast
Western Construction News
Western Construction News ; 20 , n 6
1945
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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