The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-10
THE IRON ) TEA MBOAT AND
CAPT GRAN NE

In common with others vi The press We enloVed,
by Invitation, on Saturday, afternoon | 81, the plea
sure Of trip on the Delaware, ON bard II this
eighth wonder OF ingenuity She i rted from the
foot Of Walnu, street, v it'll some twenty or thiny
persons board, and alter making her way through
hr wiler al the rate ui from risht 10 twelve miles
per hour, hauled II at the upper dock bve L s.
KenSiuglun from whence alter waiting long en- ugh
tor htr passengers 10 ti,cn>S the merits Vi sumo.
bulr' ib-raiiy, she itlurned Gown The river, AT:
tracing the gtze OF ad,nring numbers from the
whaIveS ms She n sSed The ciy, ..."..
The X bert +. st ,cston built in Liverpool
England, Tor The Deltw, re and Raritan G. n Com
pauv, and was intended 10 ply III thai canal, and 10
b. used iuloHins boats She l. made Of quarter
inch ,er iron. the Shet L riveied together in 4
similar manner TO the rveIing OF our steam b 'ilerS
She is seventy eel ia length by ;bon ten icel bro d.
md about the same depth III hole. Her hull Is
brdced it. its shape by iron ibis an inch and half
or Two Inches square whether wr,usht or C., Il we
did M" observe. fhe briir' occupies nearly The
iull r of the huli and II 81 hed 10 n oue.thiid
OF the boats length rom The bow ALLOW ing all The
space in front ut il, BENEATH HE deck, !ui tue The
engine which won * with double cyl nders and l,is-
tens i upon the hsh pressure principle, l. beau
tinl piece OF IN ichine1y and Is stu led next atef
the ier and between that and The c.b'n. The
cylinders are arrans ahiluelv from he keel OF The
b,a, an angle Of sbeni A. degrees Win The SUI
face ui the water, and bnm 80 degieeS a,.git wuh
CHI other, allowing the power 70 he communicated
from the iS,ons,of bJth directly to the me crank
upon The rain >hait. This m in SHAFT runS along
90 line with the keel If The boat To its st rn
where il communicates wilhtao other shafts extend
iug uut beneath ne Stein II the boat, 10 which are
attached piraily in separate sections tie wings or
Scu<. One ui these shafts i>within the nlerih ugh
they act Independently, AMI BY division Of the pow
er communicated lr The main shaft, they are car
lied in oppo it, Direct MS. The wings or >cuIl> ale
Is or 20 inches long BY IL or Ia broad aid al ached
to the shan in spirilly obiiqur manner, something
like the little windmill toys veniitl tors To ICONS,
which most o readers have seen in operation by
draft OF ar up u them. The seiS "i wings upon
each shaft ope GRAZING Inc with those OF the
other in Contrary directions, nenr"lize the agitation
OF the water which would be likely to ensue from
their operation in only one direction, and The appa-
rent effect from them IS simply ripple following The
stern OF the b ,at.
The pow er applied in pronelhng this boat iSupon
The principle of the >cr with Oxen threads Capt.
Crane thinks ,ciHcs superior 10 the tire at the per-
feet screw. Notwithstanding he j an ocean bra ana
has seen the expe, men u the relative value OF the
Two tried we mn>t BE- allowed to disagree WIN MN
uatil they shah BE- thoroughly Tried 10 oar sati>-
faction, or until we shall witness the ia'iuie VI 'e
screw f...
The R. f Stockton draws about 6 or CT feet wa
ter with her bows sharp as 10 resenibea wedge;
and her Il.r being mostly and machinery ai'o-
griher below the snrtace Of the water, oper so
Evuraby as ballast, that il would he next Ia iinpoS-
i Bile to uveriurn her. nMw hSandins she Is 50 nai-
rowiy constructed rs IL Green very easily.
The b ,at is curiosity, from The simplicity OF lis
cons ru un, the m iteTial III which II IS nuit, ana
The perous voyage made with il by Capt. Ct"ne.--
Whether il will an.wrr the purposes Tor Wine II
was imported j., we believe, an experiment yet 10 Dc
tried. ...-.., ~,
The most pleasant curiosity connected with he
boat is her more than irun down 4 - idhkee .
commander, Capt Crane, na1Ve o. Conne'.'e.!,
but an adopted son OF the Ocean, VINO was ,"r many
wears eng ,grd in saiiIng between New YORK and
he Wet Indies But 1T him and his jokes when
we have more time.--Paa, dger.