CONCRETE SHIPS
RAPID CONSTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
(PUBLISHED IN THE TIMES.)
CHRISTIANIA,.22nd August. The first Scandinavian ferro-concrete boat was laundhed.
By a new process, a 200-ton vessel can bo constructed in three weeks and a I'ooo-tonne.r in six weeks.
[Barges and other vessels built of reinforced concrete have been in use for some years now in various parts 'of the world, and are much more successful than might be expected of craft made of such unusual material.]
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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75CONCRETE SHIPS Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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