Conditions of soil and groundwater that determined shape and construction of dock; various design possibilities are examined and final project described in detail; five stages in construction of dock are reported, accompanied by numerous illustrations; special feature is gantry crane with height of 213 ft over dock-floor and width between crane tracks of 266 ft. (n 7 Feb 18 1966 p B29-B38, n 9 Mar 4 p B43-B49)


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    Title :

    Construction of drydock for ships up to 150,000 dwt for Wilton-Fijenoord Dock and Shipyard Corp at Schiedam, Netherlands


    Additional title:

    Bouw van een reparatiedok voor schepen tot 150 000 dwt voor de Doken Werf-Maatschappij Wilton-Fijenoord N.V. te Schiedam


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Ingenieur ; 78 , n 11


    Publication date :

    1966


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    Dutch


    Keywords :


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