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2. Krasnoyarsk ship lift - Wikipedia

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   The platform of the lift moves along the rack railway, with the track gauge of 9 m. The movement is carried out by means of electric drive. In order to load the ship lift, the platform is lowered below the water level, at which point the ship then enters the lift, and the platform begins to move up the overpass. The ships are transported afloat.

3. Shiplift - Wikipedia

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   Whereas "shiplift" is the word that is normally used, the term used by Lloyd's register is "Mechanical Lift Dock". There are two different kinds of platform design, the articulated and the rigid. [1] The articulated platform has hinged connections between the main and the longitudinal beams. A rigid platform, the beams are bolted or welded ...

4. List of boat lifts - Wikipedia

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   Geheyan dam boat lift, also in Hubei Province, capable of lifting vessels of 300 tons displacement. The dam was completed in 1994, but technical difficulties delayed the opening of the ship lift for four more years. Longtan dam boat lift, capacity to lift vessels of 250 tons, in a basin 40×10.8×1.8 meters, and a vertical lift of 68.5 meters. [2]

5. Weeks 533 - Wikipedia

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   The floating barge-crane, originally named Marine Boss, was built for Murphy Pacific Marine.The barge was assembled by Zidell Explorations from scrapped ship steel in Oregon [2] in 1966 and fitted in San Francisco with a heavy 500-ton revolving crane made by Clyde Iron Works [3] to perform the heavy girder and deck-section lifts for construction of the 1967 San Mateo-Hayward Bridge.

6. Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia

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   The tensioned portion of the rope would fasten the ship to the quay, hoist a foresail, lift a spar into position on the mast or be used to transfer cargo to or from a dock or lighter. A capstan is a vertical- axled rotating machine developed for use on sailing ships to multiply the pulling force of sailors when hauling ropes, cables , and hawsers .

7. Jackup rig - Wikipedia

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   Generally jackup rigs are not self-propelled and rely on tugs or heavy lift ships for transportation. Jackup platforms are almost exclusively used as exploratory oil and gas drilling platforms and as offshore and wind farm service platforms. [2] Jackup rigs can either be triangular in shape with three legs or square in shape with four legs. [2]