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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1947.

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ENGINEERING PAGE

Moving A Floating Dock

Built in Bombay for the Admiralty, a giant floating dock was towed in two sections through the Suez Canal recently on its voyage from India to Malta. The average speed through the Canal was in the region of 5 knots. Floating docks now play a vital part in naval strategy, and in the Mediterranean, the Atlantic and the Pacific they provide repair facilities for vessels which other- wise would be compelled to make long voyages to graving docks in their home ports. Subject to a certain amount of poetic licence, this sketch gives a graphic idea of the size of the dock and the diff- culties of the long tow.

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CENTRIFUGAL, ROTARY,

TURBINE AND VACUUM PUMPS.

Sole Agents:

THE JARDINE ENGINEERING CORPORATION LTD.

14-16 PEDDER STREET, HONG KONG. Telephone 30311

BOMBAY TO MALTA The Reason Why

The passage of

a huge Bri-electrie cable at the Company's. Floating docks-giant mobile Ush floating dock through the Pirelli-General Cable Works. Suez Canal made it

NOCOMBATY

Indian Labour ··

any

Almost Human Device

war bases which during the provided repair facilities for the largest warships far from to close that waterway to all Indian labour and technicians other shipping for a period of with a small European super-instances, being "recalled" to many dockyard-are, In four days recently, This

rare visory staff were employed on Britain from foreigh service. event was dine to the unusually the erection and installation of

Reasons wide beam of the dock, which the equipment,

given by the Ad- miralty are threefold-because was being towed in two halves The dock, when the two sec of the dollar situation; because. from Bontbay, where it

tions have been joined up, will due to Britain's acute erected, to its final

be no less than 855 feet long, power shortage, floating dock with a beam of 172 feet, and a operatives are more urgently In the Mediterranean.

The contract for this

total height of 75 feet. It will needed at home; and because

The New England village of 50,000 in peacetime fewer ships are at be capable of lifting structure was placed in

Wauregan, Conn., is contribut- when the contingencies of

British shipyards are including its small part to the "know- rendered it expedient to

ing a number of floating docks how” which has made America

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destination

glant

1943, tons and will thus accommodate overseas stations.

war

the largest worships.

man-

erect The plant and equipment pre. In their export building pro-industrially supreme.

the dock in Bombay. The 20,000 | tons of steel required for construction were produced

in

One now under ean- sent many Interesting features, gramme.

You've heard about the won- struction for Sweden is being than but space prevents more

the power of turned out in "serial forin." Tiders of radar,

missiles and atomic India, but the machinery and the briefest mention of a few. comprises seven sections, which guided

But For instance, the dock carries are "hox-like" in appearance, bombs.

this community. tools were sent from England.

The General Electric Co. three 1,000-kilowatt turbo-al-As each section is completed it unheralded, helped topple the

ternators, Iwo 600-kilowattle towed to Sweden, where it axis with the "orthorator."

What is the orthorator?__It's

which measureś trical device

Jye power of Industrial It determines how faulty perform, locates

Lid. of England (parent com- pany

of the British General Electric Co, Ltd., of Queen's Building, Hong Kong) was np- pointed by the Admiralty as the "Main Machinery

Gontractors" for the dock. In this

capacity

As

250 kilowatts of

motor-generators, and a total of finally will be assembled.

In at least one instance a Diesel-driven floating dock has been bought an almost human optical-elec- D.C. generators, There arc by

an individual, Admiralty four oil-fired boilers, each with Floating Dock No. 1, veteran of the

capacity of 20,000 lb. of two wars, since it was installed workers.

one at Bermuda in 1905, last year eyes steam an hour. Nearly

Τίνο

It contributed

accidents and

to the

DID-

Efficiency Stepped Up

the Company was responsible hundred G.E.C. motors are used was sold to Armando R. Voul-vision, prevents for the supply and installation in the ventilation system alone. of Montevideo, Uruguay, increases earning power among

representing Uruguayan in-mill workers of the whole of the mechanical The elaborate pumping plant terests.

includes seven vertical spindle and electrical equipment

With a lifting capacity of 10.- well as the 40 miles of electric pumps which are capable of 000 tons, No. 1 played a key ficiency of New England's cot- pumping 30.000 tons of water role in the Battle of the Atlanton textile mills in keeping soldiers and Ballors comfor- cable which were used.

tic, when Allied navles brought

tably clothed All the heavy electrical plant an hour. Other pumps provide their ships to it for repairs, rigours of battic in Europe and against the and switchgear were made at fire, washdown and drainage! Its successor at Bermuda. the Company's Engineering services.

evaporating where repair facilities are being the Orient.

cut down, 18 Works at Witton, Birmingham. planta enn produce 100 tons of considerably

Floating Dock No. 5, which is The turbines with their auxiliary distiled water a day..

newer and much larger,

It stepped up the workers' plant were built at the G.E.C.'s

All Services

Unused

efficiency and speeded the pro- works at Erith, Kent, and the| The whole of the complex

duction of textiles needed In The Bouth African Govern- the war. machinery, switchgear, bollers, ment has been offered the 760- The Wauregan Mills, cotton engines and all other plant is ton floating dock that was built textile manufacturers, installed housed inside the upper portion in Capetown toward the end of the machine during the wor of the side-walls of the dock, the war from the Admiralty. Employees were invited to take

It has been lying, practically the which is thus Independent of

orthorator tests, volun- completed but unused, in Table, tarily. Management led the any shore connections. It is, Bay Harbour.

way and all 'top-ranking mili fact, equipped to supply electric

Cost Although it

£200,000 officials wore teated power, fresh water, lighting and ($800,000), it is believed that It was accorded less pubile all engineering services to

thehe

Government will acclaim than double wage "Ship in Dock." The complete sell it for considerably less. scales, health promotion activ- telephone system, in addition to East, it is 240 feet long and self-programmes, but now its won- Designed for use in the Farties and mill modernization providing intercommunication be- contained, with its own power ders may be told.

ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE SWISS WATCHES OF TO-DAY!

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The champion of the Basle Exhibition.

The most fascinating gift for ladies. A most useful present for men.

Inspect one of these very modern watches today:

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British

tween all sections of the dock plant, workshops, welding Mrs Lucille Lockhart, regis- and

Its-plant, also furnishes equipment, and crew quarters, tered nurse in charge of the a full service between the dock, Many floating docks used by Wauregan clinic. emphasises

the wer the Britain during

wore that the "Ship In Dock" and

the "orthorator" deter. lost through enemy action. mines only how eyes alore.

perform The biggest of these was the and is not designed for ding- Although the war emergency £2,000,000 ($8,000,000) floating nosing eye ailments, but which brought it into being has dock at Trincomalee, Ceylon, Medical Care Given" now passed, this Dock will be which collapsed and sank in

But when a "bad" eye condi- of the greatest use in enabling August, 1041.

As an economy" measure,ition shows up, and after the maintenance and repair work to Britain has just decided to al- idustrial vision service at ba -carried out on even the focate to Greece one of the Ger-Purdue University sends her a largest ships for from their man floating docks due for special report, the Wauregan home bases.

management offers the ployee a free: eye examination by a computant doctor. And ikkewise, foots the bills, for a pair · of specially, fittedoye glasses,

Cotton Yarn From America

With the many Cotton, Factories opened up here recently, news comes of Robre of supply from America of Cotton Yarn „for weaving pur poses. All the yarns are quality carded and combed..!

Counts offered are, 1/1,, 12/1, 16/1, 20/1 and the Twht Wäry and/or Knitting-Vibee-counts may be had on application, buka

George Lin & Company will Furnies full particolars.

transfer to England.

PRE-FAB

HOUSE IN

NINE HOURS:

emi-

Nurse Lockhart' pointed out that whereas faulty viaton often contributes to;Jack, öf- pop, Erecting a house in nine hours is peeldents, loss of time and de- the achievement of a firm in Zaan- creased earning power, the, em- dam, in the Netherlands, which has ployce with good vision enjoya a capacity for turning out 40 pre a sense of general well-being, personal-safety and Increased fabricated houses a weeki ¦-

These houses contain three bed earning power, a

Thus far, more than 800 rooms in addition to others, and are Wauregan employees have been topped by an attic. The average orthorated Nurse Lockhart height is 5.85 metres, and the total forwards reports of each test ...to Purdue for, classification, of capacity is 234 ruble metres.

A short while zen Aix men dagem: the individual employes..anita. bled one of these houses in Zaandam, visual skills and types os. “joba north of Amsterdam in a matter of to which his vision beat lite pine: hourt.

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