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Telescope 123 A Whaleback Prospectus By 1890 the inventor Alexander McDougall had established the basic form for his proposed new ships, which became popularly known as "whalebacks". A whaleback shipyard was already in operation at first at Duluth, and then at West Superior and McDougall had already been issued the broad patents which we have already examined (see Telescope, June of 1960, page 103). Now the inventor turned his attention to special fittings that would necessarily complement a radically new type of ship. At the same time, other inventions of his explored occupations in which a whaleback might excel in competition with a conventional vessel. Many of the patented fittings appeared on the early whalebacks, but this type of ship never realised the variety of uses which McDougall proposed. The selected readings below are drawn from the resulting patents issued to McDougall in the early nineties. For further illustration the Telescope presents a selection of detailed photographs of the whaleback steamer JOHN ERICSSON of 1896 complementing the Institute plans of the ERICSSON which were republished in the Telescope of June, 1960, page 110. (For further information on the ERICSSON see Telescope of February, 1960, p. 34. ) For permission to take these photographs during spring fitting--out operations of the ERICSSON, we are indebted to her owners, Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd., of Toronto. --Edited by Gordon P. Bugbee lNo Model. 1 a. McDougall. ANCHOR. No. 445,816. Patented Feb. 3, 1891. My invention relates to various new and useful improvements in _________________________________ stockless single-fluke anchors. ^T^^hi£^end^^he""invention consists, generally, of a main triangular metallic frame-work, a single fluke or blade pivoted within said frame, and a pivoted link for limiting the movements of the fluke. ...The device is lowered from the vessel In the usual way,