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30 EMPIRE SHIP BUILDING CO. The Empire Ship Building Co. has a splendid site and. plant for doing re- pairs and building vessels. The ship THE. MARINE REVIEW Lomerepee! eget an eae 2S 'The work: on: hand consists of two: steel scows of: 55 cubic yards capacity for the Empire Engineering' Corpora- tion of New York, one steel sand sucker pee ene ener ee oe CMY cee Pek s 8 as ow peor d wre we. 8 Ss --7i base Cae eae Oe ee De A er Ar ad im ae' oe ~ o ore is ss Bbog--4 VY j pps ae" Shits te 4 7 ip 7 a Suet ie a ate By ua n -- aes xm 5 a gies ny. : s ONG Sr AVS) ANS WSUS oN NE er NN EF oe se Ee cS | | xX \ Hy ) 4 ih t i | 3 c. ne coer. | Paces ty ae) ed yard extends on the water front about 7oo ft. and is the best location on the chain of lakes for the repairing and building of vessels. Every machine in the shops is run independently by mo- tors and a system of pneumatics is carried on throughout the plant, riveting of the repair work as' well as the new work is done by machines and the work shows up well in quantity and workmanship. The company 1s installing a very large steam hammer, oné of the largest of its kind in the country and intend doing business in the forging line which looks promising. rae This plant extends from the water front to the railroad tracks and' all ma- terial can be shipped into the. ship yard without second handling, which effects a considerable saving in cost. A new steel dry dock is under construction which will be as large as the one owned by the Great Lakes Engineer- ine Works at. corse, .Mich.. :The dock when completed -will enable the Empire Ship: Building Co. to. dock and repair a boat over 600 ft, long. 'The: Very. tor). Ht ymann, Rochester, N. Y., 140 ft. by 33 ft, by 9 ft., designed sy Henry Rice, naval ieouteee Buffalo, N- Y., to' be the very latest and up to date of its kind; . Phts: company is get- 'ening and lengthening ting quite a lot of repair work, for it has twenty-four steel vessels, on which it' is: domg repairs. The. most, not- able repair job:is the Spokane. On this vessel the' company is removing the planking from the main deck and wid- FIG. 184. the hatches. The stanchions at the hatches are also being braced with large bracket plates with double face angles and a new main deck stringer 36 in. wide by, %4-in. thick is being fitted from the forecas- tle to the boiler room bulkhead. New steel coal are also. being in- stalled. The company is employing bunkers about 500 men at present. The tug Lutz of the Great Lakes Tow- ing Co.'s fleet was crushed in the ice at Port Huron last. week: and will have to-go into dry dock for repairs. * spas eC is aS ' ee -------- FIG. 187,