The great floating Singapore dock, destined for the much-discussed naval base at Singapore, has been completed by Messrs Swan, Hunter and Co., Wallsend-on-Tyne, and is ready for its 8500 miles journey by tug- a formidable task. The huge structure, which contains three and a-half million rivets and 20,000 tons of steel, is capable of lifting a 54,000-ton ship. The dock was built in seven sections, and now completed, would take six Trafalgar Square Nelson Monuments laid end to end. Our photograph shows the interior of the new completed Singapore Dock. Spert and General, photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3861, 13 March 1928, Page 42
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94The great floating Singapore dock, destined for the much-discussed naval base at Singapore, has been completed by Messrs Swan, Hunter and Co., Wallsend-on-Tyne, and is ready for its 8500 miles journey by tug- a formidable task. The huge structure, which contains three and a-half million rivets and 20,000 tons of steel, is capable of lifting a 54,000-ton ship. The dock was built in seven sections, and now completed, would take six Trafalgar Square Nelson Monuments laid end to end. Our photograph shows the interior of the new completed Singapore Dock. Spert and General, photo. Otago Witness, Issue 3861, 13 March 1928, Page 42
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