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DOCKS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS
HONGKONG & WHAMPOA
OFFICE: QUEEN'S BUILDINGS,
BANKERS:
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
HE COMPANY'S DOCKS at KOWLOON, TAI-KOK-TSUI and ABERDEEN
Tare in efficient working order, and the attention of Captains and Shipowners is respectfully solicited to the advantages which these Establishments offer for Docking and Repairing Vessels.
The Company has SIX GRANITE DOCKS and TWO PATENT SLIPS of the following dimensions :-
NAME OF DOCK OR SLIP.
LENGTH
ON
BREADTH AT
KEEL BLOCIS.
ENTRANCE.
DEPTH OVER SILL AT ORDINARY SPRING TIDRS,
RISH OF TIDE,
SPRINGS, NEAPS,
Feet.
Feet,
Feet.
Feet.
Fest.
KOWLOON.
No. 1 Dock, Kowloon
676
{
86 feet top
30'
70 ft. bottom
No. 2 Dock, Kowloon
371
74'
18'
6"
No. 3 Dock, Kowloon
264
49*
3"
14'
Patent Slip, No. 1, Kowloon........
240
Patent Slip, No. 2, Kowloon..
220
60'
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60'
14'
12'
44444
7
6"
7
7
7
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TAI-KOK-SUI,
Cosmopolitan Dock
468
85'
6"
20'
6"
ABERDEEN.
Hope Dock Lamont Dock
430
84'
23'
7
6"
333
64'
16'
44
The DOCKS are fitted with every appliance in the way of Caisons, powerful centrifugal Steam Pumps, &c., which enable them to be pumped out in three hours.
WORKSHOPS:
The extensive workshops on the premises at Kowloon, Cosmopolitan, and Aberdeen Docks possess every facility and appliance necessary for the repairs of ships and steam machinery. The Engineers' Shops are supplied with a large plant of the latest types of tools in the way of Lathes, Planing, Milling and Screwing Machines, &c., &c., and capable of executing the largest class of work with despatch. The Shipwrights' Department has attached to it a Steam-Sawmill with Circular, Vertical and Band Saws, and also a complete plant of Wood-Working Machinery of the most modern and improved type. The Blacksmiths' Shops are equally well furnished with a complete supply of powerful Steam-Hammers, Cranes, &c., capable of forging stern posts of the largest size and crank shafts up to 16 inches diameter.