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)


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    Title :

    Timber arches for blimp dock erected from Scaffold on flatcars


    Additional title:

    Eng News-Rec


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1943


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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