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DOCKS AND ENGINEERING FIRMS

HONGKONG & VIHAMPOA

OFFICE: QUEEN'S

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS,

BANKERS:

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

THE COMPANY'S DOCKS at KOWLOON, TAI-KOK-TSUI and ABERDEEN 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

KEEL BLOCKS.

BREADTH

AT ENTRANCE.

DEPTH OVER SILL AT ORDINARY Spring TiDEA.

RISE OF TIDE.

SPRINGS, NEAPS.

Fret.

Feet.

Feet.

Feet.

Feet,.

KOWLOON,

No. 1 Dock, Kowloon

576

(86 feet top

30o

70 ft. bottom

No. 2 Dock, Kowloon

371

74'

18

6"

No. 3 Dock, Kowloon

204

49'

3"

14'

Patent Slip, No. 1, Kowloon..

240

60'

142

Patent Slip, No. 2, Kowloon..

220

60'

12'

TAI-KOK-SUI.

Cosmopolitan Dock

460

85'

20'

ABERDEEN.

Hope Dock

Lamont Dock

430

84'

23'

333

6F

10

יד

44247

I.

b b b b b

6"

74

7

6"

7'

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3:

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 Shipwright Department has attached to it a Steam-Sawmill with Circular, Vertical and Bands" 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.