In contrast with methods used at Lakehurst docks, timber arches of 237-ft span at West Coast naval air station were erected from huge timber scaffold carried on 18 flatcars arranged on 6 parallel railroad tracks; progress was 50 ft per working day; tracks were used to take scaffold to second location. (see also Western Construction News v 18 n 8 Aug 1943 p 341-4)
Timber arches for blimp dock erected from Scaffold on flatcars
Eng News-Rec
Engineering News-Record ; 131 , n 9
1943
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Timber arches for blimp dock erected from Scaffold on flatcars
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