New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-17
The Triton and ffte Minnows.

S ai1e u sltfiI Ftsses' Y1e give IeW interesting
extracts
completely the new material rony has recessitated
new ideas with respect to construction. She ruug
along, or rather wifor aha is NOT yet quite up in
raIae--some seven hundred feet; those portions Of
iops o2balk-heads running nearly aixty fsetn height
and standing just sixty feet apart. II we examine
the outer walls Of these huge partitions We zee at
once that the ship has no Tbs sprngfng from keel
her bullying sides are III their plasss bt.
on closer inspection, it found that she has system
oI rhs Of webs. longitudinal instead Of transverse
running rom stem 10 stern Of ship, up To eight
leet above her deep water line and riVeted on each
side Of these thirty.tWo webs, which are aqain aIf-
divided at convenient are 0 ion three
Quarters Of an inch in thickness, forming douEIe
HIP s, e sae alip q derrnis and epidefis Thus
sAs a alenai tube combines the minimum of weight
s Mita the maximum of atrengt a glance aE fFe
section viii show at once this boz
siea sie Y Hitherto has been the prac
llce ~ oas 1f'n ships exactly the same manner
a5 segaLds wooden ones that Is, ths
ssrssngtn q tns asaes made gradually I'd
agn.en ,t toMaEas sas q wood, can
oleF put siighL fes1ssa Thus iron sIlns of
the old method of a4y
to break their backs upon ne appfIcafio II free
either to their two ends or to- tEle eers1e af
inst, in short as tube Wond be es4jy sne
s,de q WHICH Fas TaademHeh tan the
II We Chamber up the ladders which lead
some sixty feet above the ground Ws perceive tbas
her interior presents fully as strange contsast Is
other vessels the construction Of her hulI aes.
Ten perfectly water tight bulk. .heads pIaeed sIxty
feet apart. having no openings lower thai, tie second
deck divide the ship transyersely whilst two lonai
tsdnai walls q IRON feet apart, TRAVERSE $50 feet
ike the sides, INTO systemg Of cells OF boxes BE.
sides these main divisions there are great numbered
sdbeomnartments beneath the lowest deck devoted
70 t1e bollerroorns coal and cargo &C.;
whilst some 40 Or so feet of her stem and stern ar
rendered almost as rigid as so much solid non by
being divided by iron decks from bulWark to Keel.
Her upper deck is double, and is also composed Of
syste s Of cells formed BY plates and angle irons.
the ship is made almost strong as If she were Of
solid iron; she is rendered as light as iudestruc-
able, comparatively speaking, as q piece OF bara-
POO. There is separate principle of Hfef in
every dlstnct portion and she could not well be
destroyed even If broken Id two Or three ME-
ces, since the fragments, like those Of q divided
Worm would be able to sustain an independent exist
ence. 4I8 7i5E7 = 5Tssss1'5
better idea perhaps 81 the interior Of the sE,in
can be gained at the moment than when she
mas progressed further towards completion All yc,1
traverse her mighty deck flush from stem to stern.
the great made by the transverse and
longitudinal bnlkheads, Of parttRals Of iron, appear
IN the shape OF series Of 80 feet in
length BY 36 in width Numerous doors In the walls
ol these yaWnng openings at once reveal that it is
mere that the a9teis Of the steamship will be located.
1--we were 70 take the now of houses belonging ID Mi
warts and drop them down one gn1ph faIsss Far
RANGES and drop it down the second. take MorIey's
at oharing Cross and fit II into third. and adjust
the Great Western Hotel, at paddington and the
Great Norther at kings Cross into apertIre fuiIr
and five we should get some faint idea Of the nature
OF the ccommodation the Great Eastern VIII affsrd
We speak OF dropping hotels down these holes, 5e-
cause the separate c0par viii ho as dstiEa ct
from each othersas 50 many different houses. Each
VIII nave Its splendid saloons, upper and oWerof go
feet in length, its bedrooms or cabins it's kitchen
and its H bar and the passengers will no be able
to walk fr0mone to the other than the inhabitants Of
one house in Westbourne Terrace could communicate
through the parttWalls with their next door neigh
hors The eHys process byaWhich visiting can be car
red on will be by means of the upper deck or main
thoroughfare Of the ship.
+. Nor are we using figures of speeeh when We com,
pare the space which is contained in the new ship to
the united accommodate afforded by several of the
largest hotels in London. She Is destined to carry
500 hTss-cass, 600 second class and MI 2pO tiri-
class passengers, ndepe ndently of the shiDs connie
ment, making total of a, 900 guests. "a reference
to the gtudinal and transverse sections viii explain
her Internal eeonolny more readily than words. The
series Of saloons together with the sleeping auaTt.
mens, extending over $50 feet, are located In the
middle instead Of aft,' according to the us1sl ar
rangement. The advantage Of this disposition Of the
hotel department must be evident to all those who
have been to sea and know the advantage of a snnp
berth as as possible TO the centre Of the shin
where its transverse and longitudinal axes meet aT
where OF course there is no motion at all It viii he
observed tha1 the passengers placed Immediately
above the boilers and engines but the latter are com
pletely shut oil from the living freight by d sfo,5pIv
arched roof Of iron, above which and below The orest
iron deck the Goals will be slowed and viii prevent
~ sound and vibaton rom penetrating to the nab
rooms are separated from each other BY bukheaIs IN
exactly the same manner as the saloons, a peculiar
arrangement has been made to connect their snaebi
chery without interfering with their Raertght char
i 0f n ffinia
passage to the engineers constructed fore and Aft
in the centre of the coal bunkers through a tf raat
iron partiWalls By this arrangement the steam and
water pipes, which give life and motion to the shin
will be enabled to traverse her great divisions
as the aora traverses In its sheath the hnman 1ia
phragn1 ss 8 s#Ss@ s sl55-s7ee1sss -
Let us return, however, for a few moments II tbe
deck in order to give the reader clear iea IF tia
magnitude Of the structure under our feet The ex
act dimensions over ALL are 692 feet There are
few persons who will thoroughly Comprehend The
capacity OF these figures. Neither Grosyenor nor
Berkey square could barely admit her ii M ionr d.
mensions, and when rigged not al all for her nzzen
boom would project some little way up Davies street
whilst her bowsprit, if she had one would hang a
long way over the Marquis Of LansdoWne's earden y
In short, she is the eighth Of mile in length and
herpassenges will never be able to complain Of being
| cooped np,n as four turns up and down her Fdec{
will afford them miles walk Her width IS equally
SO feet, the width of Pail Mall but across the
paddleboxes her breadth is ia feet that Isl she conId
just steam up portland Place, ,scrapng with her mad
dies the houses on either side the exception of
the skyghts and openings for yentiating tie Iover
saloons, her deck is flush fore and aft. Mr. Brunne
has, we think wisely decided not to trust 80 precious
human freight and vast an amount of valuable CARGO
to any single propeling power but has supnlied her
with three the screw, the paddle and the sail pad
die wheels OF feet IN diameter, or larger
than the circus at Astleys viii be propelled bY four
engines, the cylinders of which are feetb inches in
diameter and the stroke ID feet. The motive mower
OF these will be generated byfour boilers Enormous
as are these engines having nominal power Of 900
horses and standing nearly so feet high they win be
far inferior to those devoted the screw These the
largest ever constructed for marine purposes ill he
supplied with steam by six boilers working force of
1000 horses, the relative strength Of the combined
engines being equal to 5000 horses. The speed Of
the ship under steam is expected to average 40 miles
an hour s8.s.t7 n 7s='.-
is interesting to note the progressive advance Of
size IN steam vessels that has taken place within the
last thirty years, which the diagram together with
the following table, will render clear to the reader
Date. Length eng ; Breadth sd
| 1926 Enterprise, built expressly to go to gs5l
| fs, 5 r
| 1885 Tasns, for the Mediterranean. ls2 2Ss
| lsSs Great Western first ship for Atlau
|
| lat4 Great Britain, the largest iron ship ,asjg.
| - tz then projected. go 81 0
1855. Hmalayl, iron ship for the Medi 5Etz
1 =, terfanean SD 43 6
i 1856 Persian, iron ships. Az q
| - Eastern, iron steamship $50 S3+ 0
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