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VOL. XXXVI. CLEVELAND, AUGUST 8, 1907. NEW YORK No. 6 on = = NEW SHIP YARD ON 'THE 80 of which are devoted to what is MERSEY. familiarly known as the extension. In The new ship building yard which addition to the fine graving docks in Messrs. Cammell, Laird & Co. are the old portion of the works, there having built for them at Tanmere has been provided two new graving 150-ToN HAMMER HEAD DERRICKING CRANE AT CAMMELL, LAIRD & CO.S NEW SHIP BUILDING YARD AT BIRKENHEAD, LIVERPWJOL, For description of this crane see Marine Review, July 4. Bay, Birkenhead, Liverpool, will, it is docks, one of which is 708 ft. long claimed, be the finest and most up-to- by 80 ft. broad, with a depth of water date in the world. These new works on the sill at ordinary spring tides of are now approaching completion and 31 ft.; and the other is 850 ft. long as they ,adjoin the old ship yard of by 90 ft. broad, with a depth on the Cammell, Laird & Co., the whole con- sill at ordinary spring tides of 34 ft. cern now covers an area of 105 acres, In addition there is a fitting out basin with a water area of 1414 acres, and about 3,000 it. of quayage.. The en- trance is 9] ft. 6 in» broad and ime depth on the sill at ordinary spring tides 34 ft. The larger, of these dry docks will take a war vessel like the Dreadnought, 'or "a vessel of the size. 'of the. Lusitania, 'The -machin- ery equipment of docks and _ work- shops is of the most modern descrip- tion. On one fitting out quay there is a 150, ton crane, and 'on another a 40 ton crane. Close to the basin are the engineering and boiler making buildings covering an area of 217,000 square, feet and possessing a crane ser- vice throughout, capable of loading up to 150 tons. Beyond these shops are the building slips, nine in number, and plating sheds. The slips are de- signed for vessels from 700 to 1,000 ft. long. The platers' sheds cover an area of 145,000 sq. ft. and their facili- ties for the rapid handling of the heaviest material are quite notable. The motive power throughout is electric, .produced by gas -engines driven -by Mond producer gas and direct coupled to the electric genera- tor. There is besides a complete in- stallation of hydraulic and pneumatic power. The new German Lloyd twin-screw steamship Kronprinzessin Cecilie is' re- ported to have shown splendid re- sults on her trial trip and proved satisfactory to the officials of the line. The trip developed a speed of 23% knots without bringing into use the full engine power of 45,000 H. P. The vessel is a sister ship of the Kaiser Wilhelm II. of the same line and is 750: ft) in length, 72 ft. beam, 44 ft: 2.in. in depth and has a dis- placement of 26,000 tons. She is fit- ted with four qtadruple expansion engines. The Kronprinzessin Cecilie will ply in the New York service.