HUGE FLOATING DOCK
GERMAN ENGINEER’S INVENTION.
CAPABLE OF DEALING WITH 15,000
(Rec. 7.0 p.m.) Berlin, February 21. A Hamburg engineer has invented a floating dock for effecting repairs on the High Seas. The dock is 200 yards long and capable of a speed of 14 miles per hour. The base and sides consist of air chambers 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 marine departments, including the British, are negotiating with the inventor.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20110, 22 February 1927, Page 7
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92HUGE FLOATING DOCK Southland Times, Issue 20110, 22 February 1927, Page 7
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