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DOCKS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS
TONGKONG & THLAUDA
WHAMPOA
OFFICE: QUEEN'S BUILDINGS,
BANKERS:
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
There
HE COMPANY'S DOCKS at KOWLOON, TAI-KOK-TSUI and ABERDEEN are 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
OX
BREADTH
DEPTH OVER |
RISE OF TIDE.
AT
KEEL BLOCKS.
ENTRANCE.
SILL AT ORDINARY
SPRING TIDEN.
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
201
49' 3"
14'
Patent Slip, No. 1, Kowloon....
240
60
14'
Patent Slip, No. 2, Kowloon..
220
60'
12
4444 Y
יד
7'
7
b b b b b
TAI-KOK-TSUI.
Cosmopolitan Dock
466
85'
6"
20
1.
67
ABERDEEN.
Hope Dock
Lamont Dock
430
84'
29*
7
3:33
64'
16'
7 6"
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The DOCKS are fitted with every appliance in the way of Caissons, powerful centrifugal Steam Pumps, &c., which enable them to be pumped out in three hours.
SHIP DEPARTMENT.
The premises at Kowloon, Cosmopolitan, and Aberdeen Docks are provided with all necessary appliances for the repair or building of ships. Large plate Rolls. Planing, Punching and Shearing Machines, Drilling and Countesinking Machines, Extensive Sawmill and Joiners' Shop provided with Circular and Band Saws, Modern Planing and Morlicing Machinery, &c. Extensive Blacksmiths' Shops with several Steam-hammers-one of the largest size being now in course of erection capable of turning out Stern Frames, or Crank and Straight Shafting of the largest size. Kowloon Docks are also provided throughout with a service of Compressed Air for driving Pneumatic Drills, Caulking Tools, &c.
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