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  2. Marine construction - Wikipedia

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    Marine construction is the process of building structures in or adjacent to large bodies of water, usually the sea. These structures can be built for a variety of purposes, including transportation, energy production, and recreation. Marine construction can involve the use of a variety of building materials, predominantly steel and concrete ...

  3. Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Construction of prefabricated module blocks of HMS Dauntless at BAE's Portsmouth Shipyard. Modern shipbuilding makes considerable use of prefabricated sections. Entire multi-deck segments of the hull or superstructure will be built elsewhere in the yard, transported to the building dock or slipway, then lifted into place. This is known as ...

  4. Shipbuilding in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    A popular design of European origin is the carrack, which utilized caravel construction techniques, allowing ships to increase in size dramatically, far past that which was capable with clinker building techniques. [4] Seen throughout the 14th and 15th century, these ships were used for trade between European powers and their foreign markets.

  5. Boat building - Wikipedia

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    Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull , with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other service systems as the craft requires.

  6. Jesse Hartley - Wikipedia

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    Hartley utilised an eclectic mix of styles and methods of construction in the various buildings associated with the docks. These ranged from the cyclopean to ordinary brick built methods and styles as diverse as Greek revival and severe Gothic. Albert Dock Warehouses [2] Wapping Dock warehouse; Stanley Dock warehouses

  7. Ancient shipbuilding techniques - Wikipedia

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    Ancient boat building methods can be categorized as one of hide, log, sewn, lashed-plank, clinker (and reverse-clinker), shell-first, and frame-first. While the frame-first technique dominates the modern ship construction industry, the ancients relied primarily on the other techniques to build their watercraft. In many cases, these techniques ...

  8. Dry dock - Wikipedia

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    A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance , and repair of ships , boats , and other watercraft.

  9. Carvel (boat building) - Wikipedia

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    A comparison of clinker and carvel construction. Carvel frames are much heavier than clinker ribs.. Carvel built or carvel planking is a method of boat building in which hull planks are laid edge to edge and fastened to a robust frame, thereby forming a smooth surface.