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Graving Dock, Caisson Gate, Southern end of Central Street bounded by Villaverde and La Paz Streets, Miramar, San Juan Municipio, PR
Summary
Significance: This is the only graving dock facility in the Eastern Carribbean. Thus, the facility played an important role in the repair and redeployment of battleships, carriers and smaller warships for the duration of WWII. Afterwards it has remained the only facility in this region capable of repairing tankers, cargo ships, cruise ships and ocean-crossing ferries.
Survey number: HAER PR-49
Building/structure dates: after. 1938- before. 1942 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Frederic Harris Inc., engineer
E. H. Latham & Co., builder
Sucs. De Abarca, builder
Puerto Rico Ports Authority, owner
Location
miramar, 18.45488, -66.08353
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
