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Originally Posted by mmartin798
I have a special dry dock in mind that I am still working on some logistics. Basically a special purpose bolt hole with lot of explosives to dig a short canal and a lock to raise the ship.
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OK..... Hmm the U.S. has a lot of inland canals and artificial lakes.......... So lets say the Council of Tomorrow (CoT) takes the long view and commissions some canals. Ones with a "plan" to create economic prosperity with ships not trains. This plan then "fails" because trains and the network of rail is more established and convenient. That is what the press release says.
Now in the process of canals, locks, dams, and reservoirs a few drydocks are constructed. These were all made to a largeish size before a ship design is finalized due to future technologies. An artificial bluff with some CoT building is constructed above the drydock. These drydocks are camouflaged with a rockface that is removed with explosives.... The positions and wires are installed, but the explosives and detonators will have to be removed from long term storage and assembled for this task. Once the rock face is fractured by explosives it will slough off into the reservoir in a void large enough to contain it. Doors are still in place and the dry dock is flooded in a controlled manner by the crew once the ship is ready. Hanging copper plates in the interior of the drydock space have a low voltage positive charge which attracts the negatively charged salt ions as one method of preventing salt corrosion.
The drydock can then be reused for any ships able to fit and worker can be housed in dormitories that can be constructed from stored materials on the bluff above and travel down to the drydock by stairs or elevator. These drydocks are reminiscent of hardened submarine pens.