Old war-ship converted into breakwater

Title (Dublin Core): Old war-ship converted into breakwater
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Ships
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Converting Old War-ships into Breakwaters; Caption: An aged vessel is filled with cement and sunk to form part of a breakwater
extracted text (Extract Text): GIVE us the old discarded battle-
ships,” say the people who live
in the coast cities of England. Why
do they want them? Of what use is
a ship whose days as a fighter are past?
From the war-ships that are no
longer serviceable on the sea, all of the
equipment is removed that might be
still of service. The hulls of the ships,
filled with stones and concrete, are
then towed to points along the coast
where breakwaters are needed, and
sunk. Thus the discarded war-ship
forms an efficient breakwater. A
vessel such as the obsolete Prince
George, after twenty-five years of use-
fulness, will continue to guard the
coast, but in this new capacity.

The ship will make a breakwater 390
feet long.
Language (Dublin Core): eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): Interwar period
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1920-11
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Science Monthly, v. 97, n. 5, 1920
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 52
Rights (Dublin Core): Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core): Google Books
References (Dublin Core): England
Archived by (Dublin Core): Filippo Valle; Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)

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