To Accommodate Vessels of Over 10,000 Tons Plans for the construction of a 00-foot dry dock, the biggest in Shanghai, will be partly realized in September when the No, 8 Dock, 375 feet long, 8 fect wide and 26 feet deep, with ample space for expansion to its planned capacity, will be formally opened at the Naval Ministry's Kiangnan Dock, Kiaochangmiao. The opening was at first ¢xpected early this month but construc-Hon. work was twice delayed by the weather.
The authorities are planning to complete the entire construction proframme with the least possible de lay. Tt is expected that following the completion of the first stage of the programme, work on the expansion will be carried out, immediately. When completed, the dock will be 600 feet long, 100 feet wide, and 26 feet deep. The cost of the frst stage of the work is estimated $1,200,000.
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