DRY BERTH FOR BIG SHIPS. —Part of the programme of converting Puerto Rico into a “Gibraltar of the Atlantic” is this 3,000,000-dollar graving clock nearing completion at San Juan, the oldest capital city under the Stars and Stripes. The dock, which is to accommodate vessels drawing up to 29 feet, is 273 feet wide and 673 feet long, and will provide the only place in the Caribbean area where deep-draught ships may be overhauled.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1940, Page 6
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74DRY BERTH FOR BIG SHIPS.—Part of the programme of converting Puerto Rico into a “Gibraltar of the Atlantic” is this 3,000,000-dollar graving clock nearing completion at San Juan, the oldest capital city under the Stars and Stripes. The dock, which is to accommodate vessels drawing up to 29 feet, is 273 feet wide and 673 feet long, and will provide the only place in the Caribbean area where deep-draught ships may be overhauled. Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 July 1940, Page 6
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