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Thecarfloatoperation was shut down after the new facilities opened.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fourcarfloatbridges were removed in the early 1970s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It originally had four electrically operatedcarfloatbridges that handled more than 1000 cars per day from the 1920s to the 1950s.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Extensive railyards andcarfloatoperations supported the development of industries which dominated the shoreline for much of the 20th century.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A similar structure called a barge slip receives a barge orcarfloatthat is used to carry wheeled vehicles across a body of water.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The complex contained five ferry slips, sixteen passenger train tracks,carfloatfacilities, and extensive yards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Today approximately 1,600 cars are floated on the remainingcarfloatin the port.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thesecarfloatbridges, built in 1999, had never been in service until 2012.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Freight was a more difficult problem which was solved by thecarfloat, or car barge which would take loaded boxcars into town for unloading at freight sheds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Stephenson therefore replaced thecarfloatwith a swing bridge nearly 500 m long.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Tug boats were contracted to move the two barges (car floats) of 25 and 15 car capacity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The freight was ferried across by the competing railroads with small fleets of towboats, barges, and 323 "car floats", specially designed barges with rails so cars could be rolled on.
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