WELLINGTON DOCK
LONG TOW IN PROSPECT
(Per prpsq A*tsr»oiqf ion )
WELLINGTON, this day
ft has been found that the new Jubilee floating dock for Wellington, which measures 584 ft. bv 118 ft. is too large for the Panama Canal, and too cumbersome to lie risked over a had weather route. It will therefore he towed via Suez, Macassar and Torres Straits, a long journey which is estimated to occupy seven months.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17439, 10 April 1931, Page 7
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71WELLINGTON DOCK Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17439, 10 April 1931, Page 7
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