Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-04-14
MAMMOTH STEAMER.

THE ENGLISH MAMMOTH SIEA"E"
The building of this enormous. steamer oy TUG I"s
lIsh, bs, decidedly taken some wind out Of Amercsn
Enterprise on a scale one mighttslk about. Sill ere io"s
Nc expect to sec one from Jonathan that W." 49,.
the Grea: Eastern, which il now being nn'sne0
the Victoria Dock, near London.
A correspondent OF the Caroilna Times taAes tou'
interest in the Great Eastern, narra'es Dis n'
view" with her, and gives the following facts anu
eurmlses:
The Great Eastern /. Of two hundred ana I"en.y
two thousand Eve hundred rona BURDEN "nen -
remember tina, the Persia and Adriss'c' tne ~
largest steamers sHuat, do not exceed iour "nr
tons, you have a small data upon WHOM 10 e :.
ideas of this wonderful conception. her lens.I ~
more theH the eighth OF a mlle1o.lng sA nma nsr
and eighty feet, her breadth eighiy.three, ano .
depth of hold sixty feet. As she stands on lns :
go great is the elevation of her decks, that a nne VIZ"
ia afforded from them of the surrounding COUNT!
and city. Her engine. are OF three lhoueahu Ia
power. One thousand horse power WIN DC y . ,hs
for the side paddle wheels and the remainder Ior
screws. The paddle wheels themselves mass !
.pectable sized ampi,heatre, beng one nonaleu on.
twenty feet in circumference. One nupu'eu 'ann..,s
are required to heat the ten boilers that WI! r.,a.
the steam necessary 10 drive her tnrousn ~. .swe.
Besides her engines enc VIII nave w
raj OF them square rigged. ,a re,sons
She ID calculated to carry ten tnousane -
but the company hope to clear expenses II aney ga"
average four thousand. She will carry ten HE ooals'
but each Of them are TO bs complete screw steanneis.
II she is safely launched il will os as Hreata "onuel
os her erection. Her entire weight IS 10 resi- upoS
tvo immense cradles, upon which che is to be lowered
~ low water mark by hydraulic pressure, and men
a, high tide, che i. TO Goat away, the queen ni Tue
.sn.' Her speed il estimated at an average VI ntteeh
'n;iss an hour, which will take her to America III
four dsys, and India, by the Cape in thirty, or to Aus
tralis m thirty FIVE days. Her fret trip Is 10 DC 10
America, where the directors expect to make a spec
ulstion by making her a spectacle. But what does ihl'
conception necessitate on the seas Already it - deter.
mined to issus q daily paper on board, and Will there
NOT be q necessi:y for a police, lawyers, doctors, and
NAV be hsnglnen7 Will 1t not necessita:e q Mayor
and Aldermen to Issue tavern licenses and an armed
force to pot down rebellion? II she will not carry
steam cars she will carry steam boats, and telegraphs
are a necessity, for it is arranged that her officers will
communicate by telegraph. Her launch is expected
to take place In the coming fall. An old lady once.
IN taking passage ACROSS the ocean, was very careful
TO ascertain the thickness OF tho ships planks, and
this has been omitted above. The Great Eastern bs'
no plsnks about her, lie entirely Of iron, the sheets Of
which are all three quarters OF an inch thick, and a.
shs is double cased. a ship within a chip, iu case Of
accidsnt TO the outer shell, she Is stnl safe with the
inner.