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Film Number

1128

Title

THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL COMPANY PROPOSED OIL DOCK No.3 STANLOW : Experiments conducted at The Manchester University by means of a model to determine the effects on a vessel moored in the proposed Dock, by a passing vessel : SCALE OF MODEL: 12 feet to 1 inch (natural) 1st October, 1956

Producer

Unknown

Date

1956

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

8 mins 16 secs

Description

Model experiments conducted at Manchester University to determine the effects on a vessel moored in the proposed oil dock at Stanlow, by a passing vessel. Movement of vessel in dock recorded as a wave form on a drum, as another vessel proceeds down the canal at varying speeds.

 

 



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