Crane and overhead track system. Hunt elevator with reach of 40 feet
Electric.

DRYDOCKS AND MARINE RAILWAYS

The dimensions and capacities of the drydock and the marine railways are given in the table which follow:

Tariff, marine railways

Basis of charge

Rate for dock days

Rate for lay days

Rate for hauling out

Ton..

Lineal foot______

Included in hauling charge. 50-percent hauling charge. From 23 to 25 cents per gross
ton.
Minimum charge $10
or maximum charge $150.
20 cents per foot.1

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MARINE REPAIR PLANTS

The port is well equipped with repair plants for making ordinary repairs to wood and steel vessels, hulls, engines, boilers, and dynamos, either lying at docks or hauled out.

Detailed information regarding the marine repair plants located at this port is shown in the following table:

Machine shop, 55 by 100 feet;
boiler shop, 125 by 40 feet; foun-
dry, 100 by 55 feet; blacksmith
shop, 30 by 50 feet; pattern and
storage shop, 40 by 126 feet; weld-
ing (oxy-acetylene and electric),
20 by 20 feet; office, 25 by 50 feet.
Calking machine and air lines.
Number of employees, 60 to 80.
Repairs to wood and steel vessels,
hulls, engines, boilers, dynamos.

30 feet; can swing 36 inches.
Iron, 3 tons; semisteel, 21⁄2 tons;
brass, 400 pounds.

All ordinary repairs can be handled
with dispatch.

A very complete stock of structural shapes, shafting, and

$50,000 stock. Complete lines of
mill and marine supplies; ship-
ments can be had from Norfolk
in 36 hours.

See reference no. 9 on map.