DISCUSSION. OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF LOCK GATES IN THE PORT OF LONDON.

doi:10.1680/ipeds.1954.11625

DISCUSSION. OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF LOCK GATES IN THE PORT OF LONDON.

Authors: J H JELLETT; J S S RAMSAY; G A WILSON; V H TRIPP; I S S GREEVES; J A FISHER; F M EASTON; M W LEONARD
Source: ICE Proceedings: Engineering Divisions, Volume 3, Issue 1, pages 88 –105 , , E-ISSN: 0534-2767

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88 DISCUSSION ON OVERHAUL REPAIR 0)' AND Discussion The Chairman, in proposing a vote of thanks to theAuthor, said that those responsible for the maintenance of dock gates realized that that was not just another branch of engineering but was, in many ways, a science of its own-especially in viewof the costs involved. As an example, the contract figure for a pair of gates built in 1945 had been f38,759, and the cost of the site-work f15,761, making a total of f54,520. A current contract, let within the past few months, for a pair `of gates of similar size, showed a big difference...

Keywords: REPAIRS; PORTS; TUNNELS; DAMS; GATES; OVERHAUL; SURREY DOCKS; MAINTENANCE; AVONMOUTH DOCK; TILBURY DOCKS; PORT OF LONDON; LOCKS; DAMAGE; LIMPET; DOCKS; ANCHORAGES; UK
Document Type: Discussion
DOI: 10.1680/ipeds.1954.11625

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DISCUSSION. OVERHAUL AND REPAIR OF LOCK GATES IN THE PORT OF LONDON.