TO BUILD FLOATING DOCK

Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1930, Page 11

TO BUILD FLOATING DOCK

DECISION AT WELLINGTON WILL LIFT 17,000-TCN VESSEL. DEEPEST DRAFT TO BE 44 FEET. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Wellington Harbour Board in committee last night decided to proceed with the construction of. a floating the general manager was ingtrueted to arrange with a London firm to prepare designs and specifications and call tenders. Later in the evening Mr. C. H. Chapman gave notice of motion for the February meeting “that the floating dock be named the Jubilee Dock.” This motion will probably be carried. Regarding the dimensions, though there 0 were many details not yet finalised it was possible for the general manager, Mr. J. Marchbanks, to state that' the lifting power of the dock would be 17,000 tons. The dock would measure 527 feet in length over the pontoons, 533 feet in length over the keel blocks, and 584 feet in length over the platform. ’ The overall width would be 117 feet 0 inches and the width of the entrance 88 feet, which would enable a vessel of 80 feet beam to dock. The depth of the dock, would be not less than 24 feet over the keel blocks at low water. The dock itself, would draw 44 feet when gunk to its lowest depth to take a vessel. These dimensions were slightly gi cater in some respects than those decided on on February 22, 1928, showing the board had determined the dock should be thoroughly up-to-date with the increasing requirements of the port. There would be ample depth" of water on the proposed site with a little dredging.