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Archive Home > 2010 > May > 17 > Newport’s sunken-ship dock to be replaced with traditional version

Newport’s sunken-ship dock to be replaced with traditional version

By Justin Carinci / The Bulletin
May 17, 2010

NEWPORT — A traditional way of building a dock is to drive piles, pour concrete pile caps and place the dock on top. More than 50 years ago, dock builders in Newport used a different method: sink two concrete Navy ships in Yaquina Bay, and build on top of them.

It’s the marine equivalent of....

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