Air lock diving-bell plant
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air-lock-diving-bell-plant-252-5946607
title:
Air lock diving-bell plant
text:
Gibraltar Harbour's air lock diving-bell plant, or caisson diving bell barge, was a purpose-built barge for the laying, examination and repair of moorings for battleships. It was designed by Siebe Gorman & Company of Lambeth and Forrestt & Co. Ltd of Wivenhoe in Essex, who built and supplied it in 1902 for the British Admiralty. Local conditions at Gibraltar dictated the need for such a craft. The heavy harbour moorings have three chains extending out radially along the seabed from a central rin
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encyclopedia
description:
Underwater work support barge used at Gibraltar
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_lock_diving-bell_plant
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date modified:
2022-01-25T21:55:55Z
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13
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