Steel flood gates for St Petersburg barrier
The two huge 3,000t steel gates across the main 900m wide navigation section of the St Petersburg flood barrier were successfully floated out of their dry docks and sunk as part of the test programme for the Russian city’s 25.4km long defence this week.
Subscriber only content
You must be either an ICE member or a subscriber to New Civil Engineer to read this article and receive complete, unrestricted access to nce.co.uk
ICE Member or NCE Subscriber:
Please sign in with your email address and click submit:
Not an ICE member or a New Civil Engineer subscriber?
Choose one of these options:
Subscribe today for immediate access to nce.co.uk and New Civil Engineer magazine at a special introductory rate
Find out more about all the benefits of a subscription to NCE by clicking below
