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STEEL SHIP BUILDING SLIPS AT VULCAN PLANT AT STETTIN. [Burlt by Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg uud Maschidinenbaugesellschaft, Nurnberg, A. G. Steel Ship Building Berths By F. H. Rudolph, A. M. 1. M. E. In ship building as well as in other industries where steel is the principal material employed, large quantities and heavy weights have to be handled in the shortest possible time. Some decades ago, when ships were principally built of wood and had only a smal! tonnage, the wooden staging of the building berths were quite sufficient, but times have changed "and steel has items in the cost of the vessels, the reduction of these to a minimum by means of suitable and efficient plants was im- perative. But apart from the time thus saved, such plants tend also largely to independency of human labor and afford a greater safety in the handling of the larger parts, in short, facilitate construction to a great extent. The. ri ent rivaled out the wood. In onder = to meet effectually the require- ments in build- ing one of the modern giants of the Atlantic in a short time, the antiquated shipyards had to be remodeled and to be trans- formed into ef- ficient work- shops, lifting and conveying plants of the highest capacity had to be in- stalled. As the conveyance and handling of the great quantites of material rep- resent two of the largest Serr het enleeseeaettiabeecommael eee ee Bat ne ae OE ts = STEEL SHIP BUILDING SHIPS AT STETTIN. recognition of these facts ledin 1g0o the Stett- iner Maschin- enbauktienges- ellschaft Vulcan tO" erect the highly efficient building -- slips which were constructed by the Gustavsburg branch works of the Vereinigte Maschinenfab - rik Augsburg und Maschinen- baugesellschaft Nurnberg, A.G. The ground plan given in Fig. 1 show: coe8 Bee Ee ZY a bic enenendigh coo beset Giemme i p Re the situation of the new = steel structure which has replaced the old wooden staging. The