. India rubber world. rude petroleum storage tanks at Miramar, thelargest in South America—capacity of each, 7,800 tons of oil;3 oil tank lighters of 1,000 tons capacity; a large depot formaterials of an inflammable nature. On and adjacent to the Val-de-Caes property—a propertysecured by the Port company about three miles north of the ^ m g KB ^ m FoRTo Velho, Madeira-Mamore Railway. city of Para—a complete ship-repairing depot, consisting oftwo floating docks and three slipways, with repairing shops,has been installed. The floating docks, which are operatedelectrically, are designed for river
. India rubber world. rude petroleum storage tanks at Miramar, thelargest in South America—capacity of each, 7,800 tons of oil;3 oil tank lighters of 1,000 tons capacity; a large depot formaterials of an inflammable nature. On and adjacent to the Val-de-Caes property—a propertysecured by the Port company about three miles north of the ^ m g KB ^ m FoRTo Velho, Madeira-Mamore Railway. city of Para—a complete ship-repairing depot, consisting oftwo floating docks and three slipways, with repairing shops,has been installed. The floating docks, which are operatedelectrically, are designed for river vessels, each with acapacity of 1,700 tons dead weight. The slipways, also op-erated electrically, are capable of taking vessels up to 800tons dead weight, at any state of the tide. The repair shops comprise several buildings, including ma-chine shops, smiths shops, foundry, platers shop, patternmakers shop, joiners shop, office and stores. The whole isequipped witli the most modern and effective machinery, and. The Last of the City Suburbs, Para. operated by electricity transmitted over the companys ownline from the companys power station at the city of first section of the Port Works was formally inaugu-rated on October 12, 1909, since which date steamers havebeen coming alongside the quay wall, and business is beingcarried on to the entire satisfaction of the Customs au-thorities, shipping agents and others interested. 404 THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD [May 1, 1914. The importance of the construction of the Madeira-Mamore Railway was early realized by the Port company,which purchased about one-half interest in that Madeira-Maniorc Railway from Porto V^elho on theMadeira river around the scries of cataracts which seriouslyobstruct navigation to Guajara Mirim on the Mamore river,340 kilometres (211 miles) in length, is already open fortraffic. This railway, by bringing the river navigation of the-Amazon and its tributaries into connection with the navi
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