SINGAPORE DOCK
BOTH SECTIONS REACH PORT SAID (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, August 2.. The great Singapore floating dock has arrived at Port Said in two parts. The dock will begin its passage through the Suez Canal at dawn on Saturday. The passage will take four days, but shipping will only be stopped for twelvehours at a time, since the dock will wait at Kautara,. where the canal is widened, and will afterwards pass through Ismailia and the Bitter Lakes, where ships will be allowed to pass. Ten tugs will be employed. The passage will be a delicate operation, as there will be only 15 feet to spare on each side in the narrow part of the canal.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 261, 4 August 1928, Page 9
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117SINGAPORE DOCK Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 261, 4 August 1928, Page 9
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