SHEDS AT DUNKIRK, ETC.
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The sheds at Dunkirk (fig. 382) are in one span of 98 feet 6 inches, with
a short overhang on the roadside.
Fig. 382. —Shed at Dunkirk.
At Dieppe (fig. 383) and at Rouen (fig. 384) the spans are 78 feet 9
inches and 82 feet 6 inches, and the overhangs 11 feet and 14 feet 9 inches
respectively. At Bordeaux the span is 65 feet.
Fig. 384. —Shed at Rouen.
At French ports the practice is generally to locate the sheds, so that a
distance of 30 to 40 feet separates them from the edge of the quay.
Sheds and Warehouses at Bremen.*
“The fronts of the quay sheds, which are for the most part 131 feet
wide, are entirely closed by galvanised corrugated iron sliding doors, so that
several hydraulic cranes can be worked together, and the vessel can be
unloaded from several holds at the same time. A shed can, therefoie, be
entirely closed or opened on the water side, and on the land side, access is
given by doors, between each two of which a crane is placed. Ihese sheds
are surrounded by loading stages, and, in order that the cart traffic may be
kept separate from the railway traffic, they are arranged so that vehicles
* Franzius and De Thierry on “ River, Harbour, and Canal Works in Germany,”
Min. Proc. Inst. C.E., vol. cxxxv.