SINGAPORE DOCK
FIRST SECTION IN PLACE British Offlclal Wireless. (Received 16th October^ 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 15th October. The first section of the new floating dock, which entered the outer roads of Singapore late on Friday night, was successfully moored at the Base by sunset on Saturday. Arriving in the Johore Straits at dawn on Saturday it was towed through a tortuous channel between stakes, being at times so close inshore that the coco palms and bits of rubber plantations were easily discernible. The task of placing the section in position, which was outlined by buoys, was a most delicate operation, tho structure having to bo slewed completely round.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 16 October 1928, Page 9
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108SINGAPORE DOCK Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 82, 16 October 1928, Page 9
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