, 1860-06-30

As our readers may hare forgotten the d.
mensions Of the Great Eastern, we publish the
following from the Torld Of Wednesday:
The iron steamship Great Eastern, now COM
manded By Capt. john Vlneha!l, was built ut
3iill*.alf, on the banks OF the 1ircr Thames,
Envl4nd, from designs planned By the late NJ.
Brunei. The work Of construction was carried
on by Messrs- Treadwelt Of Gloucester, under
the superintendence of Sir. Scott Russell. She
is the largest vessel aaout, her hull measuring
about seveu hundred feet in length. sixty feet
in height, and making d burden OF txenty-'hree
Thousand tons. Thirty thousand iron plates
have been used in her construction, each pta,e
weighing the third part Of Il ton, and requiring
one hundred rivets TO make it fast to its tel-
lows:
She has teu steam boilers. which are heated
By one hundred furnaces. The cylinder Of er-
cry engine in the Great Eastern is six feet in
diameter aud We Its tive times ns much as the
great Il Of St. Pau!'s Church. Londen. Her
screw propeller is twentJ-four feet in diameter,
and the diameter Of each Of her paddle wheels
is tifty.s1x feet, all area considerably 1nure ex-
tensiye than that Of AstIey's circus. The prin-
cipal suit Of saloons in tbe Great Eastern is four
nuaorca .rx. ,1r ,r,1, and promenade round her
oeck affords walk more than quarter Of TN
English mile in xtent.
The latest surrey Of the ship gires a register
ed measurement Of eighteen thousand nine hun
dTed and fifteen tons.
This monster ship combines steam power in
both shapes-screw ani paddle-witb sailing
power. 10 furnish the former she carries eley-
en- thousand tons Of coal, and wh+n driven by
tie wind, With all sail, set, she will spread out
six thousand fire hundred yards of canvas.
She has six masts and two of her "boats I"
are screw steam propclers, each sixty fee. long,
both beeiug attached to her guards a1t.
4 1opg longitudinal sectional view Of the ship
ch1 .<,tt ort. f.-A Ah.,r
iron strengthening frame supporting. the screw
shaft. Aboye are the ca,atans, worked by Il
shalt from the auxiliary engines. ATT Of the
cupstans are the cast-ron bits for The chain
cable. Then comes the screw shaft and its ne.
destals, md auxiliary engines for working cap
stans and TOR turning screw-shaft at moderate
velocity, should it be necessary to disconuec.
the screw engines from the shaft if the vessels
under canvas. Above this are cargo room,
ships stnra, &C., and next the scre.y-engines oi
Messrs. Watt l. Co.; above which are cabins
aud bcrths tor engineers.
Again, we tind Six pairs Of boilers for screw
engines, With the steam pipes lending thereto;
abovc aad on either side are tie caAl bunkers,
between each set Of boilers; abo7e are some oi
the principal saloous. with bertns on each side
Of ship: and on deck ID the captains Cabin
| Near this are the paddle eng iles, and above are
| the engineers apd stosers' berths, &c.
Then we see auxiliary engines and boilers for
WoFhlpE CApbLauSIu[HAIus Will SnaIk anu gear
! to work the capstans ut any required velocity.
| These engines are also tor pumping water from
double eldcs Of the vessel VIXEN necessary.
Above is the gas.work.
There are four pairs OF boilers, bclouging to
the saddle engines, OF Scott Russe,l 4 Co., and
their steam-pipes leading thereto. Above and
around are coal.bunkets. On the second deck,
and in front Of the tunnels, is the ladics' cabin
and from that to tho paddle engine room is the
| drawing room on deck, undsr which are soms
o. the principal saloons and be1,hs On the other
| side.
The steamer will be lighted with gus made on
board, aud III she traverses tue Atlantic on thi.
her first ocean voyage, the electric light wll
flicker from her masthead, signntizing het
course and approach TO her fellow travellers ol
| all dimensions.
Her interior decoration nnd Characterization
| ars Of vcrr magnificent and costly dcScrip.
| t,on; but as she will carry onls about three
! hurured passengers, Il great majority of her
| saloons and state rooms viii not be put il use
and we consequently defer = minute notice oi
| their appearance uutl utter her arrival.
| As q conclusion to this general rough descsip.
| tion Of the size Of tic Great Eastern ne n,ay
| state that she has capacity 10 accommodate tout
| thousand passengers, eight hundred Of t1eul
being a. first class" and if employed rs a truop
! ship she could, in case Of g1are emergency
| carry ten thousand soldiers.
Her speed, when in good sailing trim, is com
! puted ut ftteca Knots, Or eighteen miles, IN
| hcur, rate which would take t,er to India
from Liverpool, by The Cape of Good Hope, and
to Australia, in l'sile more thuu months time
EXACT SIZE or THE suIr.
We append, us 1iiutter VI much interest, And
| for purposes Of future reference, a condensed
| table OF the r1act measurement, stze and capac,
| ity Of the Great Eastern. The principal diu,en.
s1ons oftte ship, her capacity and power, are