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Lago's dry-dock was built
even before the refinery was built. The purpose of the dry-dock
was to service the
Lake Tanker
Fleet. After the refinery was built Lago maintained a large
foundry and machine shop with supported the work at the dry-dock as well
as the rest of the refinery. 
Mr. Gibbons, who
was English, was the supervisor over the dry-dock and it was he who
supervised, in a hands-on manner, the salvage and repair of the
Pedernales which allowed her to proceed to the United States and
be refitted with a new mid-section after sustaining major damage and
fire from a
German torpedo. I have very few
photographs of the Lago dry-dock and if anyone has photos, even in the
background of some other photograph, please share them with us and mail
them to me so I can place them on the web site. |
| This first photo was
intended to show the anchor but it so happens that the dry-dock can be
seen clearly in the back-ground as well as the small crane used for the
heavy lifting when making repairs to the Lake Tankers. |
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| This next photograph was
cropped from the one above, this was done to show the dry-dock in more
detail. The repairs that were done at the dry-dock were extensive,
in included the cutting in half and refitting together to two pieces of
the Pedernales. In addition the dry-dock had the facility to
completely overhaul the ship's engines including re-boring the cylinders
and with the aid of the foundry they cast new propellers and fitted them
on the ships when needed. |
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| This next photo shows one
of the Lake Tankers in dry-dock. Note that this photo was take
from the land side, looking towards the harbor, thus the location of the
crane on the right side of the photo. The photo above was taken
from the harbor side looking towards the land, thus the crane on the
left side of the photo. |
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The photo below is taken
from the Aruba Esso News, 1944 and shows the type of work that could be
done by the employees of the Lago dry-dock |
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| After doing the above web page I found
this page from the July 3, 1953
Aruba Esso News.
It shows some good photos of the dry dock as well as a history of the
facility and what it was capable of doing to the ships. I am sorry
for the poor quality of the lettering and hope you can read it. |
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Above is the firs page of
the article. |
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This is the second page,
which has the Papiamento text as well the end of the English text.
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RETURN TO THE LAGO REFINERY
DIRECTORY |
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GO TO THE LAGO LAKE TANKER PAGE |
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CLICK HERE TO
READ ABOUT LIFE ABOARD A LAKE TANKER |
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CLICK HERE SEE
GOING ON A TRIP ON A LAKE TANKERS |
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CLICK HERE TO
READ ABOUT LAKE TANKER FAMILIES |
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