Tidal Docks
By 2,500 BC, the Indians advanced ship design by building the very first tidal
docks. These were rectangular work areas where a ship could be parked or docked
while it was being built or needed repairs. This second phase of ship design helped
speed up the production of shipbuilding. Tidal dock technology would be copied
by all major naval powers in the coming centuries. Large ship design continued
during the Egyptian, Roman, Indian and Chinese Empires