For
years was in the Netherlands a magazine published dealing with maritime affairs
in the whole world, navy and merchant. In 1850 was a small news item published,
earlier published in Civ. Eng. and Arch. Journal dated June 1850. According to
this news item was the large dock of Sebastopol in February 1850 completed,
permitting the largest Russian warships to be docked in that port. The total
area of the wet dock and the 7 dry docks was 10 Dutch bunders (acres). The
water level in the dock was 30feet above the surface of the Black Sea, The
ships were docked through three locks, closed by iron doors, made by
messrs. Rennie with a width of 64
feet and a thickness of 28 feet. Each dry dock was
equipped with a culvert, which could be opened and the water causing to flow
away within a very short time without the use of pumps.
Source
G.A. Tindal en J. Swart. Verhandelingen en berigten
betrekkelijk het zeewezen en de zeevaartkunde. Vol 7. Amsterdam, 1847, p.
787-788. Digitized by Google. Originally published in the Civ. Eng. and
Arch. Journal dated June 1850.
