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Author: Bickford, C. R.
Title: Captain Cook Graving Dock, Sydney: Fitting-out wharf of reinforced concrete, 250-ton crane foundations and docking blocks
In: Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
Imprint: vol. 24, no. 3, Mar 1952, pp. 65-85
Description: This paper, No.1081, originated in the Sydney Division of The Institution, and is to be presented during the Engineering Conference, 1952, at Sydney.
The author, C. R. Bickford, MIEAust, is Engineer-in-Chief of the Maritime Services Board of N.S.W.
Abstract: This paper describes construction works carried out by the Government of New South Wales through its agents, The Maritime Services Board of New South Wales. These works formed part of the programme of construction for the building of the new graving dock, later named "The Captain Cook Dock", the design and general method of construction of which were prepared by Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners who acted as Consulting Engineers to the Commonwealth Government for this work.

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