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Name: MOKAMEH GHAT DOCK
Type: Floating Dry Dock
Launched:
Completed: 1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 1423
Dimensions: 500tons lift, 210.0 x 56.0 x 4.5 (draft over keel blocks)ft
Engines: None
Engines by: n/a
Propulsion: None
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1930 Bengal & North Western Railway Co, India
No further history known
Comments: Designed to provide a lift of 500tons
Built as a two section pontoon dock
For use at the port of Mokameh Ghat on the River Ganges
Used for repairing paddle steamers, barges, landing stages & ferries
Assembled at Wallsend, tested and dismantled for shipping to Calcutta


Above map showing the position of Mokameh Ghat on the Ganges is copyright of Google