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GRAVING DOCKS in Repair and Reconditioning Work A series of talks, of which this is the third, on the importance of this type of drydock for survey, observation and repair activities. HEN the freight steamer “Lord Dufferin” was rammed and sunk while at anchor and subsequently ey raised and placed in graving dock, a ee, Wf survey disclosed that about 64 feet kof of her entire stern was cut off. : Being unable to recover the damaged portion, it was found necesssary to rebuild her with entirely new material. Placed on the substantial and perfectly aligned blocks of the graving dock, the damaged vessel was as comfortably settled as though on her original ways. During the time re- Setting tke new stern piece quired for preparing the hull work, our engineer- ing force replaced the miss- ing machinery. At the completion of the work a second careful survey disclosed that every beam and frame had'been perfectly aligned and took up its portion of the legiti- mate strain of the ship re- quiring practically no recal- culation or readjustment. The whole job of rede- signing, furnishing and re- building was accomplished TODD SHIPYARDS Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company Erie Basin, Brooklyn, N. Y. Todd See Dry Dock Co., Inc. obile, Ala. Todd Engineering, Dry Dock & Repair Co. New Orleans, La. Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company Hoboken, N. J. MARINE REVIEW—December, 1927 The only two privately owned graving docks in the Port of New York in eighteen and a_ half working days—an ex- traordinary tribute to the efficiency of a graving dock in repair and recondition- ing work of this character. Todd craftsmanship and wide experience in build- ing, repair and recondition- ing work is as complete as its facilities and equipment for handling it, and in addition comprises the only two privately owned graving docks in the Port of New York. CORPORATION Main Office: 25 Broadway, New York, N.Y., U.S.A.—Cable: Robin, New York. All codes Twelve Shipways — Twenty-two Floating Docks — Two Graving Docks Todd Dry Dock Engineering & Repair Corp. Foot of 23rd Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Todd Dry Docks, Inc. Harbor Island, 16th Avenue, S.W. Seattle, Wash. Todd Oil Burners, Ltd. London, England 73