The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-22
|fommercial Advertiser.
The Great Eastern.

The Great Eastern.
,;rav.'' writing to the Boston Post. from
-,ss the following description Of the great
I1cFs,,f Ea,terss steamship is now an architec-
= wing living, sailing, dashing, mag ificent,
>,r5 ,ssliry Had she ''existed"
-, .un.u brave ArchiIIes fought the Trcjans,n
=, have been immortalized in Homer's verse.
- historians would have recorded an Eighth
u.s the World. The Hercules, or rather the
= n the s.Inighty MARVEL" would have been
-. Lott RUSSELL In what way can man
=. - Grsai Easternf You can't begin at
.s of Der; she is so large you cannot find the
= rs,tiue on board, without walk that re-
~ Stroll over n large field The upper
's..H aoe level plain, 692 feet in length and SO
- in the centre, containing altogether about
She is in ten water-tight compartments.
"A, cabins for passengers are like fve immense
= ..rh so feet by co The decks being ii feet
j rced portion of each cabin is separated by
- s.,r. making two tiers or stories of rooms for
y. .abius. each nearly feet high. The ship
.rommoiations for 500 first class passengers,
4 I'D class. and $500 third class. or 1900 in
ri As q military transport ship she will carry
IN sli;ers. The crew will number at least 400.
rr \, almost impossible for the Great Eastern to
s5 lander in consequence Of a collision, running
.~uef-O u
4 .isi shot through her at the water line, caus-
=. eompartmcnts TO fill with water, and Mt the
no,uent stave in her bow by striking rock,
Eyrfv three out Of ten compartments filling, she
Lfrot sink
s.;,hf across the ship, from the outer portion of
/ siiIs boxes. is 40 feet. The paddle boxes are
"a IN diameter and the paddles or floats Is feet
! In the making the ship consumed 10000
Sc;,l feet Of wrought iron plates, and =, 900 900
=. n IL \. a -
The plates below the water line are inch
q ard above the water rs of an inch. Aside
& the ten water tight compartments, the entire
No 10 three feet above the water line is built
Ee- ship in ship, the outer skin being two
.r inches from the inner. She might be stove
|5uu the outside and not affect single compart-
a oil the ship unless the harm extended to the in
Fkin. Her boats for the accommodation of pas
kxrs in tine Of danger, and in embarking and
cutarkinz. are twenty in number, besides ttco
|rr s,snnsrs, suspended aft Of her paddle 6ores,
/ 10 feet long and about 20 foas 6urden,-as
q a the sea-gUing vessel that took me TO Iceland
|S52 IL the great ship should founder Mt sea, in
kv,ge round the world, the two steamers would be
u enough 10 take 500 of the crew and passengers
heir way rejoicing, ready to brave any weather
! sa where any ship could live-the balance Of the
b could settle group of islands in the Pacific and
Z up 4 nation that in a hundred years could come
q anu ui>Putt the soNeici5u'J VI enS 0A'NA
Irfry.
) much for her Accommodations She has six
q. two square rigged, like iine-of-battle-ship.
the remainder schooner rugged, carrying In all
o sauare yards Of canvas The mizen mast IS
4; the others hollow iron tubes Mr. Brunei cal
zs speed Of IS to 20 knots an hour, n rapidity
mnin2 that would send her round the world in
b days, without being obliged 10 stop for coal,
=. food. or water She has ten anchors, which,
Z r1T.rx % l. iona
las both screw and paddles; the screw being
nd by tso and the paddles by four engines, with
II sctua1 power equal to Il, 900 horses The
His a feet IN diameter, with four fans, and the
u l50 feet long, made Of wrought iron, and
iriing 60 tons
BE ship was designed by l. X. Brunei, and built
Iohn Scott Russell, Esq- The screw engines are
largest ever manufactured for marine purposes,
1 male by Messrs James Watt & Co., Soho Works,
.ningham The shaft of the screw was made by
~ Mare & Co., cf Blackwell. The paddle en-
3 we're made Dy Mr. Scott Russell, the builder Of
ship. They are direct acting, with oscillating
dnders, each Is feet long, and 6 feet inches IN
|ueseF The stroke Is IA feet The cylinders are
: iron. each one weighing % tons, or 62,I2u
uds These engines stand 80 feet high, and are
V On the dsconnecting principle, SO that they can
1sei jointly or separately, and both or either oil
uaddie wheels can be put in independent motion:
set only when light There sre ten boilers
nd lonritadinally along the centre OF the SHIP
q boiler having ten furnaces, or 100 furnaces IN
/ Zach boiler weighs 45 tons, and they can be
4 entirely independent of each other. There are
L Eve fannels, each funnel acting for two boilers
|<e are several detached auxiliary engines on
Nd Of about ten horse power each. for pumping,
ii1g and lowering the boats, coaling, taxing our
J putting on board cargo and luggage. and furiins
: niIs
he Great Eastern viii not probably play as I'M,
Ir1at q part in the future commerce OF the worid
|ycah's Ark did in the fortunes OF mankind ana
NATIONAL history OF the world; still, II Will not &c
IEse II Il create n considerable Of a revolution
BY fad her work to do and she will unquestionabiy
pc cheaper motive power than any steamer ever
Nc sorry she draws 50 much water tRa'
se q no immediate prospect OF this Leria,han snip
Png 70 Boston She cost almost round miiiOh
|shur or Eve million dollars. / once heard OF t"o
|ai5a teggars separating in their youth, ana one
1ft0 Ameriea, improved his fortunes, and IN n nve
" years came back, met his old companion-stii,
szar-and told hial he was worth thousand
md. "a thousand pounds - said the other:
y there 20 much money in the worids' Now,
fNe-th0ugh / am n beggar, compared 10 'ne
M boxed up in the Great EGsfsTn-that 4 can
getase The fact that there is money enough IN the
I'D and enough to be had. to build this enormous
n1sAip, bat when go down the vast pit that leads
P9 engine rpons, confess that am osera"eu'
= elnnot appreciate the almost omnipotent power
, An that can make this vast bulk n moving mass
|1vng thing as it were with self fcreating engines
Nm itself, suficien, to carry it round the lobe
a'ut snce stopping her wheels But there It IS,
1! anchor in the Thames, as quiescent a.
ing infant But once put Water into the boilers,
ns the furnaces, AMI touch fire to the coal, and
Hse Of the hand Of the chic. engineer, anu sns
nom her mornings with q power that "ouio
u Paul's Cathedral.