Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), January 1912, p. 4

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495 H. P., for Philip Wever & Son, Baltimore, Md. Two triple-expansion engines, 500 H. P. each, for the Pusey & Jones Co., Wilmington, Del. One cylindrical return-tube marine boiler,. 730 H. P., for John W. Sul- livan Co, New York. One cylindrical return tube marine poiler, 495 H. P., for Philip Wever & Son, Baltimore, Md. ; Two cylindrical return tube marine boilets, 105 H. P. each,, for Light Vessel No. 53, department of commerce and labor. One cylindrical return tube marine boiler, 400 H. P., for National. Fire- proofing Co., New York. Two cylindrical return tube marine boilers, 318 H. P. each, for dredge Port Arthur, for Ellicott Machine Co., Baltimore, Md. One cylindrical return tube marine boner, $97 UH. P. forthe Pusey & Jones Co., Wilmington, Del. Staten Island Ship Building Co., Port Richmond, S. I., N. Y. Steel tugboat (Hull. No. 490) for Le- high Valley Railroad Co.; length over all, 105 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 229; fore and aft compound, single- screw engine; Scotch boilers; estimat- ed horsepower, 700. Steel tugboat (Hull No. 553) for eeliactre = & Ohio "Railroad .Co.;, length over all, 118 it.; estimated gross tonnage, 220; fore and aft com- pound, single screw engine; Scotch boiler; estimated horsepower, 800. Steel oil barge (Hull No. 554) for Standard Oil Co.; length over all, 208 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 925: oil engine; estimated horsepower, 300. Wooden steam lighter (Hull No. 555) for General Lighterage Co.; length over all, 109 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 244; fort and aft, sin- gle-screw engine; Scotch boiler; esti- mated horsepower, 300. Steel gasoline mofor launch (Hull No. 557) for Standard Oil Co.; length over all, 98 ft.; estimated gross ton- nage, 120; standard gasoline engine; estimated horsepower, 100. Open deck steel. lighter (Hull No. 558) for New York Central & Hud- son River Railroad Co.; length over all, 112 ft.; estimated. gross ton- nage, 355; fore and aft, single-screw engine; Scotch boiler; estimated horse- power, 400. Steel house lighter (Hull No. 559) for New York Central & Hudson Riv- er Railroad Co.; length over all, 114 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 419; fore and aft, single-screw engine; Scotch boiler; estimated horsepower, 400. THE MarRINE REVIEW Willamette Iron & Steel Works, Port- land, Ore. Non-propelling steel suction dredge with 30-in. centrifugal pump for the port of Portland, Ore.; length over all, 206 ft. 3 in.; approximate value, $235,000; main pumping engine 21, 'estimated horse- 3414, 40-40-24 in; power, 1,500. The Johnson Iron Works, Ltd., Julia and Water Sts., New Orleans, La. Steel barge, 100 ft. over all, for New Orleans Coal Co. Four steel barges, duplicates, 50 ft. over all, for Central America. Two. wooden gasoline launches, dup- Iicates, 45 it, over all, for Central America; estimated horsepower, 36. Spedden Ship Building Co., Baltimore, Md. Steel steam sea-going tug Neptune, for Curtis Bay Towing Co., Baltimore, Md.; length over all, 121 ft.; approxi- mate value, $90,000; estimated gross tonnage, 237; triple-expansion, single- screw engine, 7/5 H. P. Steel fishing steamer Waldo New- comer, for The Edwards Coy. Reed- ville, Va.; length over all, 151 ft.; ap- proximate value, $60,000; estimated gross tonnage, 338; triple expansion, single-screw engine, 850 H. PP. _ Steel barge Argo, for Independent Pier 'Co., Philadelphia, Pa.; length over all, 130 ft.; approximate value, $20,000; estimated gross tonnage, 240; no power. 'John H.. Dialogue & Son, Camden, NN. i. Sieel "tue Caspian, for Capt. P- Martin, Philadelphia, Pa.; length over all, 92 ft.; approximate value, $38,000; estimated gross tonnage, 135; com- pound engine and one leg boiler; esti- mated horsepower, 300. Steel tug No. £53, 130 1t. 6 im. over all; approximate value, $80,000; esti- mated gross tonnage, 400; triple-ex- pansion engine, one Scotch boiler; es- timated horsepower, 900. Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco, Cal. Steamer Kilanea, 250 ft. over all, for Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co., Honolulu, H. 1.; approximate yalue, $350,000; estimated gross tonnage, 1,338; four-cycle, triple-expansion en- gine; four Scotch boilers; estimated horsepower, 2,600. Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Cons., Morris Heights, N. Y. Steel hull, No. 2,286, for Wm. Wrig- gley Jr., Chicago, Ill.; length over all, 70 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 35; _ January, 1912 twin-screw Speedway gasoline engine; estimated horsepower, 100. Wooden hull, No. 2,290, 70 ft. over all; estimated gross tonnage, 35; twin- screw Speedway gasoline engine; es- timated horsepower, 130. Wooden hull, No. 2,284, for F. G. Bourne, New York; length over all, 60 ft.; estimated gross tonnage, 25; single-screw gasoline engine; estimat- © ed horsepower, 200. Also small wooden launches rang- ing from 21. ft. to 53 ft. over all length, aggregating 35 gross tons, equipped with Speedway gasoline en- gines of 300 H. P. Waters-Colver Co., West New Bright- ou, S. 1.,: N.Y; Steam wooden light-house tender Woodbine for United States govern- ment; length over. all, 95 ft.; approx- imate value, $24,000; estimated gross tonnage, 62%4; triple-expansion, sin- gle-screw engine; one Almy_ water- tube boiler; estimated horsepower, 200. -Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me. Four destroyers for United States government. oe Two Scotch boilers for two steam trawlers building at Fore River Ship Building Co.'s yard, 12 ft. 6 in. diam- eter by 10 it. 5 in. long. One Scotch boiler for tug Roger Williams, of Providence, 12 ft. 2 in. diameter by 11 ft. 2 in. long. The Brewer Dry Dock Co., Mar- iner Harbor, S. I., N. Y., have built, for their own use, a balance dry dock of modern construction of 1,500 tons deadweight lifting capacity, 210. ft. long on: keel track, with 18 ft. of water over keel blocks, and with a width in the clear of 60 ft. The> Bath Iron Works, Bath,.. Me., have just completed a new _ brass foundry, pipe shop, sheet metal shop, and coppersmith shop of steel, con- crete and: glass, and during the year 1912 will build new blacksmith and anglesmith shops of concrete. George C. Walker, Toledo, Ore. Wooden sail and fishing vessel, 52 ff. «over all, -for Capt, John | Hall, Portland, Ore.; approximate value, $4,700; estimated gross tonnage, 15; gasoline engine, 25 H. P. Two steam barges, 190 ft. long, 40 it. beam, for Fir & Spruce Lumber Manutacturine = Co., © Toledo, Ore.; twin-screw engines; carrying capacity, 600,000 ft. lumber; approximate cost, $82,000 each. Machinery to be built by Marine Iron Works, Chicago, Ill. Ferry steamer, 100 ft. long, 22 ft. deep, for Newport Navigation .Co.,

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