, 1870-07-24
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After rletl Ct Iuaster t'f ceEtntr, this
subject ct .u1lGsng iron sseatnspa.a 70 nari-
gate vi e:crt! riseEs is ngai:s aSasa:cd bv many
respectable journals. But they are not oaly
tseipg etsilt OH ral*s. Ne stated in the Ea1.slc
Vi The l:.t i:et.. that an iron stesE,rr wss be-
ing bali at Gifkenhcad. England. TO nav;sate
the Mississippi from st. Lonls to Sew orleans,
ard ktill te capable OF extending her trin to
Enro;. can post-. OF cosrse rhe must ha:e
twenty fe+t lepth Of wa,er whe,, fully loaded;
hot the 1.>afetl o.,jecr. the sni1.urnt Of :,ra1,
direct from St. 1oai, to European
IcEts without t>rt aking bulk, will he STAINED.
lEe T1njett il Cotd cle. 20 far A. it ;,o.s.
Int tiEciuna:i has the horo- Of beis,: tie n:-t
city, after larse CT twenty-five years. - b:1i.1
81 iFo's steamboat to NAVIGATE Western river
yard IL tcat Of this llad- alich hss 81 far
Trogre sea toward completionaa TO give veE5
fair idea OF what the will H.. Tier hull Will te
lsj feet leng. 20 feet too.s. ~ feet te.:a. u
seet deI':s. ot hold, and III iron-Io: ~ sluare
inch Of wood be,rg used. Ihs shiekness OF
tie iron il her keel is fse-cishte ~ Of au
irch: lie. furua.I ;~*Iy t-bslf l:j} inch,
and after spds three-eigh's ~ Of an
inch la5xq AZ lie boat is intended for Red
lissr shish + x Wss,e aere snas
resIiiy lie -een why the. lion forward Is an
eicl.ti. inch thicker than It Is aft. ALI the iron
Of .II,. Lrl; vas manufactured BY Alex. Swift.
:: tins city, from iron Mountain oEe, RI'a is OF
raj r. fcr building the I:ull, which viii cost
Thc !t.i viii lie ar:tc,l INTO twelve ws,er-
sigar compartments. bs iron bulkheads ruu-
rlbE 10th Havs.
1le sressarernens Of TIE Tonnage OF the boat
viii be asous 5ao so.ls. hut she viii have = car-
ring capacity Of l.C03 tous. Her ac.usI
wei5ht wln nbt be sne3e than one half that Of q
ucole1 vessel Of the SANE size, but to Offset
tLis it il c!Nne1 that she will not have to la
dtcked periodically, and she will out-wear q
hait-'ozen wooden beats. BE. cost will, Of
eourse, he more than il built by company
regularly in the business, and fuilv pre-
r.red for tlat kind OF work. She viii haye
three double-f.ued boiler+. 10 inches in dame
ter AID q feet long. Hex engines are being
hni1s By Dennis Long. 1t Louisville. aud ii
havu ls-silcl cylinders. with feet stroke She
R:n receive at Louisville, also, q full ca5i1 Of
tie rarst modern stsle, which will be heated
s;s steam. and .hc will be provided with an
extra boiler for that purpose. No lamps will
ne used on the boa;, but gas viii Light the
c>t;n It night. Both the above are extra pre-
eauti.Es against the des r1ction Of the cabin
BY IRE.
We nould Ike to be able to s.r that every
EaEt OF TIE ison Steamboat is 10 Ire bui!s at
ClAr ihna'i- TIE Eain feature. howcver-the
cred1s ct this can scarcely be girea 70 gu! n,s' Il
g ectss She il being buuls for Captain ": !.
Eoa-dnar, Of New 0rleana, and VII o. oas N
S-ItrEcie-. Tic whole cost o. It's t5ss "aen
completed viii be about s65. G1o-
VT VII ::-r- sac tt9t other Ioa ooa's a.s
Griffin to Z cog -1snced nese a'uos. *n eo'a
4. This tue il cuin! ietsd.
f,aIs tu,, boats Of tie kind Eere ever cuilt
fc- Wcste1,. ri.err--t!le ~ y. FrE. Ut 1c1er-
a. vile. art1 the Valley Fo1Ss. st ftttabuzGh.
rptI wc.e L4.i.t E1o1e :4.L u quarter q csz,-
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