page_title: Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel
section_title: Floating docks
hierarchical_section_title: Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel / Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere Werktuigen / Activities of the Koninklijke Fabriek / Floating docks
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Foto. Droogdok met het schroefstoomschip "Atjeh" van de Koninklijke Marine, Soerabaja
context_page_description: Van Vlissingen en Dudok van Heel was a famous nineteenth-century Dutch machine factory. It built steam engines and machinery for the sugar industry and for maritime purposes, as well ships, rolling stock and large metal structures like the Moerdijk bridge and a floating dock. In 1871 it was reorganized to become the public company Koninklijke Fabriek van Stoom- en andere Werktuigen. In a second reorganization in 1890, parts of it were saved and continued under the name Koninklijke Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, renamed to Werkspoor in 1927.
context_section_description: In 1876 the Koninklijke Fabriek won the tender for a new floating dock of 5000 tons for the East Indies. It was to be 100 m long, 27 m wide, 12 m high on the inside. It was estimated to require 2,600,000 kg of iron, and was estimated to cost 969,000 guilders for the iron work alone. The company won the tender for a price of 781,000 guilders. In 1879 the first parts of the dry dock arrived at Surabaya. On 14 December 1879 the drydock had been assembled. The dock would be able to load 4,800 tons and would be ready to be launched in June 1880. In October 1880 the drydock arrived at Onrust Island, where many ships would use it.
  In 1885 the company won a tender for a small floating dock of 1,400 tons. It was delivered in 1886 and transported to Surabaya.
caption: The unprotected cruiser Atjeh in the 5000 ton drydock between 1877 and 1892
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