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Definition: Floating Dry Dock |
Floating Dry DockNoun1. Dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Floating Dry DockSynonym: floating dock (n). (additional references) |
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 | Bow-on view of vessel in dry dock in 1985, as seen from vessel centerline. Photograph by Jet Lowe, May/October 1985. (Reproduction Number: HAER, WASH,17-SEAT,10-16) Historic ships are among the most difficult objects to preserve and few vessels survive long enough to be considered historic. Those that do require expensive maintenance to be operational. The 1897 schooner Wawona was put into a floating dry dock in 1985 to allow necessary periodic repairs to the wooden hull. While the hull was accessible, HAER measured and mapped the shape of the hull in a series of topographic drawings, a process called "lines-lifting." This lumber schooner was the first project of HAER's ongoing maritime program. (See HABS/HAER, National Park Service for more history.). Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Floating dry dock, Algiers, La. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Senegal | The port is one of the few in Africa with a floating dry dock, and it has container, cereal and dedicated phosphate terminals. (references) |
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