Port Of Rapture

* See also Maps
* Connected to Lighthouse Island
* Connected to Atlantic_Express_(game_level)
* See also Airlocks
* See also TechnicalDrawings and Diagrams
==The Primary Sea Base Operation in Rapture.==
A MMORPG Addition ( MMORPG Infrastructure - Rapture Is Not To Be a Wave Of The Hand Story )
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The Canal, Submarine Yard and Port of Rapture :
* The submarine transfer Canal between the Port of Rapture and the "Oceanus Submarine Yard" ( about 1000 ft long )
* Port of Rapture was the main interchange point (via the Cable Way) between the City and the supply ships that brought in the bulk of the materials and goods ( extensively used before Rapture was largely cut off ).
* The Submarine Yard was the primary maintenance/repair facility for Rapture's submarine fleet. ( A large internal volume in solid rock )
** Submarine repair and storage bays (and fuel bunkers)
** Primary Sub maintenance facility ( several lesser and private ones elsewhere )
** Several companies had Dry Docks and Building Ways
** Bathysphere/Submarine manufacture and repair facilities
** Submarine special Equipment storage areas ( alot of the construction equipment used to build the city )
** Also used as the assembly facility for much of the larger 'outside' construction/maintenance machinery
** Many of the utility boats used by Rapture are floodable and would have their maintenance done at the Submarine Yard
** Structural Concrete pouring facility - atmospheric forming of pre-stressed concrete structural components for buildings ( modular building sections - walls, floors, struts, pillars, window insets ... ) that would be taken by submarine to the building sites. Most standard building components were made in surface factories, but there would be some custom fitted components also needed.
* The Canal was built using the Large Rock Boring Machine and was carved into the solid rock of Mt Ryan to create the large chambers required for the extensive submarine/storage/manufacturing facilities.
* Transfer Locks (pressure equalization chambers) - Sized for the larger Patrol/Fishing Submarines.
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Cableway To The Lighthouse :
Used to move Masses of Material and Equipment which was Brought down to The City Level 
Lighthouse Island Docks and 'Harbor' for the Transport ships bringing everything from the distant Mainlands 
Containerized (to withstand Rapture Pressure) at the Ocean Surface and hauled down ( much entering through an Airlock to Interior )
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Atlantic Express Hub
Actually was where the AE Construction was started using Components Transported from the Mainland Manufacturing
Used for Distribution Across Rapture
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Operations :
Early Operations were done in the 'Canal' section, but was quickly expanded to meet the needs of the massive Construction Project
* Maintenance - Complex machines in routine/constant-use take alot of maintenance to keep them running.
* Repairs 
** Out-of-Water drydocks 
** Overhead Cranes ( The Subs which have Volume weigh alot The Tiny Bathyspheres themselves weigh near 28 tons - In order to be able to sink with the volume they displace - a roughly 12 foot sphere volume of water. )
** Extensive Machine Shop ( which might do outside work for the rest of Rapture )
* Refueling/Recharging
** Originally Operating off the Diesel Powered Generators up at the Lighthouse 
* Storage ( Subs Basing and Equipment and Spare Parts )
* Submarine Construction ( much prefabricated from parts manufactured on The Surface )
* Crew Facilities ( a very busy place while Construction of the City was in progress ) In the early period there was little yet elsewhere in Rapture.
Originally the Small Subs and Machinery used for City Construction worked out of this facility (before Fontaine ever arrived)
Moving Masses Construction Material and Immigrant Possessions 1946-1951 ( much doesn't fit into those Bathyspheres ...)
External Maintenance (Pre-Daddy it would all somehow be done by normal humans - Divers and remote-controlled Machines )
Facilities might be used for Major Bathysphere Repair Operation ( atypical facilities the Company could not afford to maintain )
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Story Element : How Much Influence did Fontaine Eventually Have Here ?
Activity would be connected to Neptune's Bounty to maintain the Fishing Fleets
Post 1952 the Official Imports largely 'went away' 
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Fontaine In Burial At Sea DLC Supposedly Manufacturing 'Subs' ?
Just part of the DLC Story further (lazy) 'build up' of Fontaine ( Probably more a Scam, as why would Fontaine Waste Money on this ??? )
* Subs are 10 X as complicated as Automobiles, and would require the equivalent to the Billion Dollar Auto Companies in America to actually make.
** Think more near-hand-made Rolls Royce Autos that Virtually NOBODY in Rapture could afford ( NOT mass production ).
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