Penarth Dock, South Wales - 150 years - the heritage and legacy  
Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage & legacy . . .

Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - The Patent for the Penarth Slipway - 1881 . . .

Description of Drawings : Sheet 2 : Figures 3 and 4 : A.D. 1881. Nov. 25. No. 5153. Thompson & Cooper's Specification.
Description of Drawings : Sheet 2 : Figures 3 : A.D. 1881. Nov. 25. No. 5153. Thompson & Cooper's Specification.
Description of Drawings : Sheet 2 : Figures 4 : A.D. 1881. Nov. 25. No. 5153. Thompson & Cooper's Specification.

◊ Description of Drawings : Sheet 2 : Figures 3 and 4 : A.D. 1881. Nov. 25. No. 5153.  Thompson & Cooper's Specification.

On Sheet 2, Figure 3 is a transverse section through the line a, b, of slipway on Figure 1, with a ship resting upon the keel blocks of the main cradle just taking the " bilge " blocks of auxiliary cradle, and Figure 4 is a transverse section through the line c, d, of slipway on Figure 1, with a ship lifted off the keel blocks of the main cradle, and resting upon the " bilge " blocks of the auxiliary cradle.

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