A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline.
1In November 1800 the new graving dock, near the bridge, was opened for the reception of vessels.
2Include medium-heavy dismounting tools, below the graving dock size, but heavy enough to handle any job less drastic.
3History was marked at Dublin Port on Monday when tall ship Jeanie Johnston floated out of its graving dock.
4Seaton carried this intelligence directly to Lloyds' agent; he overhauled the ship, and ordered her into the graving dock for repairs.
5He reclaimed some land from the sea, and made a shipyard and graving dock on what was known as Corporation Ground.
6The keel was laid in traditional fashion but the ship was then constructed from prefabricated sections welded together in the graving dock.
7Floating docks were added, as well as graving docks for large vessels.
8Graving Dock at Levi, first stone laid; dimensions of.
9Incidentally, the graving docks around here are a mess.
10The Thompson Graving Dock was the last place Titanic rested on dry land and it is virtually unchanged since 1911.
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