The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-20
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'.hc lrGM.t!ad Steamer Monitor.

"hc lron-c!ad Steamer Mn,,itcr.
TIE great naNvl battle AZ the mDut!, Of
james ,ivtr ho~ -iycn fame that viii
be world wide TO these two iron cid war
ve>> els the "Mcirimar' and the Fed
eral "Nonirog,' which proved too much
fer h,r ia t'lnt spirited cuutr,t. They
will uo doubt Gcu,c in the ,vcnt> OF the
war hcrraf:,'.
r.:G NuNlyuH.
lNi"r tn,. act "i Congress passed last
Summer 4rprnpI,atin@ Slu0Q, 900 for
non clad ,,>>,!, for the Navy, CAPTAIN
J. Ericsson the wo'li renowned i,yru.
tor IF ri,t cologic engine, presented pro,
posa< trr 4 battery, to b launched with
in loo working days tI,w the date of the
contract, the imprc2nability Of which
should be tested before thc heaviest guns
Of the cucn'y, and at the shortest range
Tie contract was signed in October, and
on the one hundred aud first working
day thereafter lie ionitor was launched
from The CnutineDfal IRON Work, at
Grrrn, Oint, here she was constructed
BY & 5 Hu>hn"ll x Co., Gnder the su-
perintcnhvucu G. Thomas L uowlsul of
H,ooklyn.
Extrrnaly she presents to tue lire Of
the cncmy's guns hull rising but about
eighteen inches above the water. and q
s,,, uf Nart,llo tower, tw,u;y feet in Ji.
auctcr, nt.l ten feet hirh. The sn,h,-
stack !uriu. action il lowered into the
= Mold, it being made with telcscopic sllcs
The hui i >larp 1T both cud~. the bow
Or, icctin. ",.t ,.c,..inv to a point st IN
:,".lc e ,i,t.tv d,..r,cs 10 the vertical
linc. lti- A.. huttonci. six "nl a half
feet IN dtptl,. uun hundred and twenty.
four feet lrn, thirty four feet wide #
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y. m aro,, of al,n, fen ,,r,rfs In
the event Of the enemy bonrd;nr tho
battery thew can do u, harm. a. ,he onlv
entrance il at the ton o; the turret or
citadel, which capuot h, .,s;lv sc,,el
and even ,l.rn only one man at timc
can descend into the hull
Thi, turrct is revolving, bomb nrooi
fort, aud mounts two IL inch guns 1t
is protected By ci.h, thickuesses of inch
iryn, ov,rlap,n. 50 that 4, no one SPOT
is there more t han one inch thickness Of
ioin,. \ III nproof fla, roof, Of perfo
rated plate iron, placed ON forged beams,
inserted >jN inches down the cylinder,
covers the ton. Tie slidirc hatch IN