Floating port in tow

Floating port in tow

A giant floating steel sheet that will form part of a huge floating airport begins its journey off Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, to Tokyo Bay on July 1. Measuring about 380 meters long and 60 meters wide, the sheet was produced by Tokyo-based Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. It is the largest of six that will be put together in August in Tokyo Bay to form an experimental ''megafloat'' facility.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001078787
  • Registered date
  • 1999/7/01 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 1999 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 1713 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.35(MB)*
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