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Show Tha Navy Yard's Hew Deck. he mammoth new dry dock at the oklyn navy yard is to be tested this ith in the presence of Secretary Trait Tra-it is said to be one of the largest docks in the world. It cost some-5 some-5 like 1600,000, and is over 500 feet ' 134 feet 4 inches wide at the top, d -et wide at the bottom and 83 feet 8 ;i im deep. Underneath the entire -.length and breadth, there is a solid (S nation of concrete, six feet in thick-. thick-. and beneath this a supporting floor ling. The keel track is built on oak-iaber3 oak-iaber3 81-2feet long and 23 inches f. at a distance of four feet apart. Be- ach two timber there is a pit two depth, which will allowawork- H t0 work on the under part of.tho This dock will tako up any vessel our navy is ever likely to build. |