Building in the Sea.
The contractors for the construction of the Rosyth naval base have entered upon the most, difficult part of the undertaking —viz., the sinking of the steel simps preparatory to the building of the great sea, wall. These shoes weigh nearly 00 tons, and about 100 will be required for the wall of the dry dock. They are lining sunk in the open sea about a mile from the shore. After the shoo has been sunk a heavy shuttering is placed on (he top of it and filled with concrete, this process being repealed until the shoo has been driven by sheer weight deep into the s« a bottom. Tim concrete monoliths when completed will have a length of from 12()f(. In UdO fc and a weight of hectwoen 10,000 and 12,000 tons.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2208, 15 August 1910, Page 6
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136Building in the Sea. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2208, 15 August 1910, Page 6
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