The New York herald., 1862-11-24
NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER a. 1852

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sAe has two enssos with twsssy three inch eylndsrs
and stroke fsr tAsss sosrs e twenty sx feet
long and for,ytwe ischss 70 diameter. She has two
wheels twenty six feet y dsanets, with eight feet
bacAets
Her eGcsSs' quarters sommoaeas and comfortable
her arnanenl ooAsisss q thses pias-isch Dahlgren
guns one teninsA sAe gsn. two Aty FOUNDER rnss one
iong thiTsytwo psunAer ana twenty -four FOUNDER
bsat Aswitzer. nr
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me Pittsoure Iron eads win have length sf hun
dse0 asd sevsnlyAve feet Win my sees breadth Of
beam and ssven ~ aeptA Of hoa D appearance,
when hnished, shey viii diaer materially from any
other war vessels anoAs After looking a. the plans We
should say that Il cur hrge coal barges made
quite sharp at the bow and then covered with nush
DECK through which wM suppose the usual Monitor
turret protrudng, would nos 10 bad representation Of
what these batteries wl be when completed me sides
win Ae perpendicular those Of barge and the
depth hold wl Of course, bc greater but In other re-
spece the illustration will be found good one-suficent
good at Least 70 enable the reader 70 form toleraby
fair ea Of what they win look like when ready for
vice.
Though the frss blow upon them was struck IN August
last 30 tedious been the process Of their construction
that but for their iron bows, pointing high into the air.
you would nnd sons difcaty in determining what the
iron surfaces, which greet your vision as you
enter the yard are intended for e bottom Of each win
be entirely Aas the hull rising OF the water and be-
coming quite sharp the bow. The hull is being
made Of boiler iron, and is being boted and rvstsd
together IN the strongest manner There are ever
hundred men employed on these batteries now. ~
Thus FAR the bsttonns have occupied the prucpa a.
teut oT the woskmen. They nFmiy braced, that
& will be next impossible 70 strain then. The ribs to
receive the sheeng for the sides being Sen and
soon q they nave been got In place the work win 60
rapidly forward nrst intended 70 make them OF
7 iron; but IL was found impossible to bring it 70
the proper shape, aad angle iron had to bs sub
stusd. is the intention 70 plate The hull with four
inch ron believe two feet below the water line. The
deck ID TO be Of wood, covered with iron, ana wA 70
certain extent be bombproos Tho tuet win also be Of
iron, six inches thick. with the piiothouss the TOP,
and carefully protected Each boat will 30 propelled by
four engines will carry swo Of the heaviest guna, and
whsn loaded and ready for action, viii not draw more
than nve feet Of water.
Tho contractors are Messrs Tomlinson Hartuee Co..
but the work being done under the superintendent
Mr. Easey who has tho reputation Of being thoroughly "a
iiar with his business II is the intention have them
ready for service by the 1st Of February but looking
matters they stand, doubt tho ability Of the
Oeln2
made at Tonlinson Co. shop.
These boats is evident from their bua intended
wholly for river service In connection with this article
may state that the contract for third Monitor has
been given out here and arrangements for her
ton now In progress. She will DO two hundred and
sixty feet in length by sixty feet breadth Of beam with
eleven feet depth Of hold and win be far powerful
than either Of those above noticed.
THE DICTATOR.
Captain Ericsson has contracted with the government
for two great iron-clad batteries and rams. They win
bear general resemblance TO the Monitors One OF them
be three hundred twenty feet length, and the
other three hundred and foryone feet, cash with fifty
feet BEAM The vertical sides six feet in deph and
are to be protected with iron srmor, composed Of
wrought slabs and plates together, ten
half inches in thickness, backed with four feet old
oak The turrets to be absolutely invainerabch
contract says two feet in thcknsss but the
has permission to reduce the thickness, provided he
satisfy the department that less will ~ sufficient. aty
will be made sufficiently thick TO Withstand the four hen
dred and thirty pound balls Of the fifteen inch gun These
vessels will carry propusve power than any other
vessels snoat Each ship win have engines Of
dred inches diameter Of cylinder with four feet
and will make seventy revolutions per minute. The
boiler surface will b. IS 600 feet and so feet CRATE
surface The boilers modification Of Martins The
propellsrs Ericssons, twentyonc and half feet
diameter and thirty feet pitch The contractors guarantee
speed Of sixteen knots per hour, nearly nineteen
We not at liberty to describe the vessels at length,
aud refrain from giving the particulars Of their armament
which will be Of Kind yet unknown in modern warfare
II s however rams these vessels are TO be the most
formidable Where the plates and armor sringers meet
Al the bow they form iron wedge twenty inches
thick at the base and terminate in sharp edge This
wedge Is sustained by the plates asd stringers behind
ten ana half inches in thickness, six feet in depth
extending the whole length Of the vessel forming the
most powerful ram 1t is possible 70 conceive.
There will be difference in the armament Of these
vessels but II is yet deemed unwise cannot give
the facts Suce II 70 say that the Dictator viii be hos
in herself, while the Puritan will Be another