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Excerpt from Shipyard Practice: As Applied to Warship Construction
IN the Royal Dockyards these are constructed of masonry, the slope of the floor being about inch to a foot. At intervals of 5 feet to 6 feet down the slip balks of timber, termed land ties, are placed. These are of English oak 12 inches by 6 inches, their upper surface being flush with the floor of the slip, and are for the purpose of securing ways, keel blocks, shores, etc.
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