Illustrated description of slipway installed at Puerto Cabello, by Venezuelan Government; installation consists of cradle which travels on system of free rollers over 2-way track, gradient of which is arc of vertical circle; length oa 43.50 m; width over cross beams 11.50 m; length of track 112.00 m; depth of water over keel block aft 4.00 m; notes on cradle, tracks, hauling machanism, and auxiliary cradle and storage tracks.
New 500-ton slipway at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela
Dock Harbour Authority
Dock and Harbour Authority ; 21 , n 252
1941
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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