New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-15
THE ERIE BASIN DOCK COMPANY
CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGEST DRy-DoCK ~ THE
CoUSTRY-THE OPENING ON sATuRDAY-DocKISG
op TUR MORNING STAR

CONSTRUCTION OF THE LARGEST DRy-DoCK ~ THE
CoUYTRY-THg OPENING ON sATuRDAY-DockISG
OF THE MORNING STAR.
The Erie Basin Dry.Dock Company was formed in
ls with capital Of s7OOOco The charter OF the company
allows increase OF the capital 10 slOOOo This company
purchased twenty Of land nearly oil under water at He'd
Hook Point BROOKLYN and Immediately began construction
Of dry doek-by far the largest In the country That dock
Tie first pile Tor this great dock was driven the 9Th Of
July 1904 Golfer dam built for the purpose Of keeping
The water from ise site Of the dry dock This dd l WA, eP ,
dock then pushed forward rapidly was possible unu'
it, completion
Thc docI Is 800 feet in length at the Top and 40 feet at the
bottom. II is 100 feet wide al the top and 6l at the h"' ~
is - feet deep The depth Of the water ut high tide wi ~ y
feet and -four feet Of water he pumped Ia after the gate
closed The gate ~ feet long p feet wide aud 2. feet deep
Six thousand round piles were used In the work nom zen 10
twenty-five feet In length and feet Of solid running piles
in the dam The foundation Of the dock is Of solid hard wood
which 5000 cubic feet bnve been used The total amount oil
wood used Is 10 GOO cubic feet
The timber lining dock each side and at the upper
end placed In the form Of steps 80 that wokmc can ,hsy
reach any part Of vessel within tie dock The flood gate
When raised two feet floats boat When in position 1T The
dock is kept down by stone or iron ballast and water ne
pumped out it rises in the grooves aud then be aoatcd on
The sides Of the grooves are made water tight win fDner ach
ing There i've succs IN the gate through which inc wafer
nils the dock This gate made of great strength having
sustain pressure Of 700 tuns when the dock has De' OK
haustcd Of water
Prom the dock the led by culycr well fifteen
feet la diameter and i've feet below the lOiton OF the dock
From this wc cuvcr the pumps which are lii
as centrifugal each throwing 900 gallons OF water per
minute through other culyeTts TO the outside the dock
The pumps worked w horizontal engine of lvlfOsc
power Suction pipes ~ inches In diameter usd Inc ar
Management cuorts and gales such that the dock can M
filed with water exhausted by the pumps The engine
house is Of brick - by ~ feet and stories in night
The company has begun the construction OF another dry
dock but a short distance from the just completed iIls
viii be built the same plan that given above but WIZ pc
much smaller On the west side Of the dock warehouses are
being built that vessels In dock can be repaired aud loaded
or unloaded the time These warehouses viii be
zoo feet long and 40 feet wide The center ones VIII I've oi
five stories and the others four stories Iron works have already
been erected near the Basin.
The plans for the dry dock were made by Mr. James T.
Simpson Of Boston paniee of this style Of dock and have
hee executed under bis supervision Mr. Jas T. thed acted
ms superintendent Mr. William D. latch FOREMAN ana Nj
ki ". Ti,ld AZ dfGuehtsmai
The Ofrcr of the company follows Jeremiah J..
Robinson of Brooklyn, President Iuncis Boyd o i.ios,
SeeTctary; Alhcd \. Reed Of Boston, Treasurer Henry /