The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-06-30
MAMMOTH WHARFBOAT.
captain Phiilip.' New whsrfboat-
The Largest Floating structure Of
the Kind on Our INLAND Waters.

IT was announced that the
MAMMOTH wnARrBAor
Built at Metropolis for Capt. Chas. T.
Hindo of this city, had appeared in sight
in tow of the Cairo ~ Pnducah packet,
Armada
About four o'clock the
IMMENSE FLOATING STRUCTURE
Was moored ut cur wharf when, with other
citizens we passed on board and stood
under cover of the
LARGEST wHARrBoAT EvER BUILT
In the Mississippi valley. Surrounding
objects-the houses on the bank, the
steamer Armada along side, the wharf
boats above and bclow--looked diminu-
tive, and, speaking ina comparative sense,
were SO.
THE DIMENSIONS
Of tho marine monster are rs follows
Hull 3o2 feet o inches; floor, 40 feet
beam, so feet inches, with feet guards
all round, making the length over all 3ls
feet inches, and the width, &C feet o
inches. Depth of hold, feet; hight of
first story, 10 feet; Of the second story, 0
feet.
We shall aid the local reader, perhaps
in forming just estimate of tho immense
size Of this great floating structure, by the
remark that the floors of the first and Sec
ond stories present an area Of foriy-two
thousand square feet, ora
SURFACE EQUAL TO SEVENTEEN CAIRO
TOWN LOTS.
Ono individual contemplating its mag
nitudc, declared that man had to have u
mighty big mouth even to talk about IT,
Another thought that six hundred couple
might dance with ease and comfort on
either floor while another thought that II
Cairo were subjected, like Paducah and
Shawneetown, to annoyance from high
water, there would be ample room on
board for every one of the ten thousand
men women, and children that constitute
our population.
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in the construction ofthis wharf-boat Is of
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sugar, molasses, pork, flour, grain, ma
chinery, et,.. The second story will be-
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FORCE OF MECHANICS
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ing the boat its "hni'hing touches The
roof VIII be covered with the old style
English Telling that has been used SO sue
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