FLOATING DOCK FOR HIGH SEAS
Able to Accommodate Ships of 15,000 Tons
CAPABLE OF SPEED OF
14 MILES
[By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Monday, 7.5 p.m. BERLIN, Feb. 21.
A Hamburg engineer has Invented a floating dock for effecting repairs on the high seas. The dock is 260 yards long and capable of a speed of fourteen miles an hour.
The base and aides consist of airchambers which can be filled or emptied to lower or raise the dock, which Is capable of dealing with ships of 15.000 tons. '
Several foreign marln 0 departments Including the British are negotiating with the inventor.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3539, 22 February 1927, Page 7
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106FLOATING DOCK FOR HIGH SEAS Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3539, 22 February 1927, Page 7
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