McGillicutty Wrote:Have you got an old turntable and you can't figure out what to do with it? Put it down by the docks for the tugboats to use! I found this while sky surfing around Victoria BC today.
Looks like a very efficient use of space, for below waterline maintenance.
My guess is :
1- the object at the top of the picture is a "floating drydock".
2- the object directly above the turntable, in the picture, is a "float bridge".
3- and the whole complex is an ingenious variation of a "marine Railway"
The tugs are moved into the submersed drydock, which is then pumped out, raising the tug out of the water. The raised drydock is then floated over to the bridge float, and the tug is "railed" ashore. When the maintenance is completed, the reverse process puts the tug back in the water.
Where I have a "solid" water surface, and waterline ships,boats, that would be an excellent way of displaying
full hull models !! 8-) 8-) 8-)
The approximate distance from the end of the "float", to the opposite end of the turntable ( based on an 82' length for the tug) is 185', It would require a 4' X 5' (approximate) space to model the scene in HO, with some "compression".
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