Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-07-26
Ths Great Eastern

Thh le,,athon iron steamship new e.hg
h,ii, In Tnrlaod lar the Easitm steamship
N,,is,,,on Conpsny, will iaf excel ln ste and
.,,.nssmsui ANYTHING 81 the Kind erer at
,.mn,sd before. The New Orleans fi,aYnne
eonden,es a description II this monster vessel
from the London Quarterly Review, and ne
eondense from tie Picayune, The description
IS worthy the peTusal OF any one,
She will b. $50 feet long, bulkheads run
ming NEARLY sixty ieei Ia height aud standing
lust sixty feet apan The ships has no hbs
springing iIom keel or backbone, bot sls,
TEN OF nLs or webs, longitudinal instead OF
transverse, running from stem to stem Of the
shin an 10 eight ltel aboVe her deep water
line, and Tiyeled on each side Of these lhluy,
Two webs or ribs, which are again subiivlded
at convenient lengths, are plates Of iron three
onoTers Of an inch in thickness, forming a
,loubIe skin TO the ship, Ten perfectly water
,igbt bulLheads, placed 90 feet apaH, having
no openngs whatever lower than the second
deck, divide the ship lransyerselyi whilst iw"
loogimdinal walls Of iron, SO feet apar, tia
verse $50 feet OF the length vi tie ship Ihns
the Interior is divided like the sides lnioa 'ys'
ten Of cells OF boxes, Besides these maIn di'
visions there are a great number Of snlapaii'
menis between the lowest deck, devoted 10 lhe
boiler rooms, engine rooms, coal ANA cargo,
&c; whilst some 40 or 80 feet Of her stem ""a
stern nre rendered almost ms iigid AZ 50 niue"
solid iron BY being divided by lfo' decks lIn'"
bulwark to keel. Her upper deck Is double
and is also composed Of a system oil cells loln'
ed by plates and angle iTons. BY the multi
plication OF r,ciinilear compartments the ship
Is made almost ms strong rs II she were ol SOL
id iron, she is rendered ms light and indeSlruc'
tiblc, comparatively speaking, as bamboo'--
There Is separate principle OF life ~ every
distinct portion, and she could not well be de-
siroyed even il broken into two or three
picces, since the fragments, Ike those Of di.
vided worm, would b. able 10 sustain m indie
pendent existence. As you traverse her mighty
deck, the great compartments appear in the
shape of series Of paallelognms, GO feet IN
length BY SO m width; numerous doors in the
walls of these yawning openings NJ once re-
veal that il is here the hotels Of the steamship
will be located. The separate compartments
will be as distinct from each. other ms so many
houses, even with its splendid saloons, upper
and lower of 60 feet in length; its bedrooms
or cabins, its kitchen and its bar; and the pas
sengers will no more be able to walk from one
to the other than the inhabitants Of pne house
could communicate through the parti-walls
with their next door neighborS. The only pro-
cess by which visiting can be carried on VIII
he BY means of the upper deck or main thor
oughfare Of the ship. She is destined TO car
nv 500 first class, 1000 second class, and j.
200 third class passengers, independent of the
ships complement, making total Of 1000
guests.
The series OF saloons, together with the
sleeping apartments, extending over 800 feet,
are located in the middle instead Of "urt" as
usual. The advantage Of this disposition OF
the hotel department is that at the centre Of
the ship there is bur little notion The pas
sencers are placed Immediately over the boil
crs and engines; but the latter are completely
shut off from the living freight by strongly
nrched roof of iron, above which, and below
the lowest iron deck, the Goals will BE- slowed,
and will prevent all sound and vibration from
penetrating TO the inhabitants in the upper
stories. She is the eighth Of a mile in length,
and her passengers will never be able to COM
plain Of being ''cooped up rs four turns up
and down her deck will afford them walk Of
n mile Her width is equally astonishing
From side to side of her hull she measures -
feet but across her paddlc-boyes her breadth
is ia feet. She is supplied or will be- with
three propeln2 po"ers-he screw, the pad
die and the sail. Her paddle-wheeIs, Sc feet
in diameter, vii! be propelled by four engines,
the cylinders of which are 5 feet 2 inches in
diameter, and the stroke Il feet. The motive
power of these will be generated by four boil
ers. Enormous as are those engines, having
nominal power Of 1000 horses, and stand
ing nearly so feet high, they will be inferior
to those devoted to the screw. These, the
largest ever constructed for marine purposes,
will be supplies with steam by six boilers,
working force of 1900 horSes-the relative
strength of the combined engines being equal
to 5000 horses. The speed of the ship under
steam is expected TO average 20 milesan hour.