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Steamer Thousand Islander Designed to Care for the Tourist Traffic of the Thousand Islands -- Built in Record Time by the Toledo Ship Building Co. Ge Toledo Ship Building Co. re- cently delivered the steamer Thousand Islander to the Thousand Island .Steamboat Co.,, which has recently been taken over by the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co., and will hereafter be known as the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co.'s lines operating in conjunction with the New York Central railway system. The Thousand Islander has been specially designed to take care of the tourist traffic of the Thousand Islands and while the contract was not let to the Toledo Ship Building Co. until last spring she was deliv- ered in July in ample time for the season's business, a notable record in dispatch. The leading particulars of the Thousand Islander are as_fol- lows: iemeth "over vali, 172\ tt. .9:..an,¢1 keel ft; depth 9 ft. 6. in.; gross. tonnage, and net tonnage, 241. The new steamer is of the tunnel stern, shallow draft twin screw type (with main, promenade. and _ boat decks, having accommodation for 1,000 passengers. The hull is con- structed of steel up to the main deck, the superstructure, including cabins, being of wood. The steel hull is di- vided into six compartments by dranverse. buikheads, three being water tight and two non-water tight. 'The main engines, of which there are two, are of the two-cylinder type, fo) anc 30 in. didmeter by 20 in. stroke, supplied with steam from two single-ended Scotch boilers, 12 .- ft. © in, by 10 ft? 6 in. Details of Hull Construction 164 3593 The peak bulkhead at frame 16 is made up of 10 Ib. plate, stiffened in a vertical direction by 3% x 2% x 6.1 angeles and in a. horizontal direction by 2% x 2% x 4.1 angles. The plat- ing of water tight bulkheads at "frame 26 and 66 runs from 12% lbs. below 6 lbs. above. Horizontal and vertical stiffeners are all 24% x 24% x 4.1 lbs. The bulkhead at frame 44 is non-water tight and separates the mouer trom the engine space: It is built up of 6 lb. plate stiffened verti- cally by 2% x 2% x 4.1 angles and horizontally by 3% x 2% x 7.2 angles. The engine space is separated from the after hold by a non-water tight bulkhead at frame 55; it is built up of 14°08) W.-G. plate. and- stiffened vertically and horizontally by 2% x 2% x 4.1. Double angles are used in connecting the water tight bulkheads to the shell, while single angles are used for those that are non-water- tight. Diamond shaped. lines vare fitted to all bulkheads in way of out- side. strakes. of plating. "There 'are two coal bunkers placed on opposite sides of the ship and having doors that open into the fire hold. The starboard bunker extends from frame 36 to 44 and the port bunker from 26 to 35. The bunkers: are built up of 6 lb. plate stiffened vertically by 24%, x 2% x 41 angles spaced 24 in. keel to keel. Sheathed with Rock Elm The boiler casing consists of 6 Ib. flanged plate built up from 10 Ib. coamings. The plates are flanged the necessary depth to do away with the angle stiffeners. The shell plating in- cludes the garboard strake of 11 lb. fore and aft, bilge and bottom plate IG Ib, fore and att Strake next. be- low the sheer strake 11 lb. fore and aft, while the sheer strake is 12 lb. for 2/3 length amidships reduced to Il Ib, at the ends. The keel plate as flat; being 30° in. wide .x 15 1b, fore and aft, and worked in lengths of not less than 7 frames spaces. The butts are double riveted; a single inside 1S: 1b. strap being fitted extending to the garboard edge laps. The = gar- board, bottom and bilge strakes are butt lapped, double riveted, 3% in. rivets bene: used. The side and sheer strakes are butt lapped, double riveted, 34 in. rivets being used. The fore and aft edge laps of the garboard and sheer strakes are double riveted, the remainder are single riveted. awe. under body ot' the. boat is sheathed with rock elm 2% in. thick. The sheathing extends from between frames 15 and 16 to frames 66 and 67 and extends upward to the turn of the bilge, Aiter the shell plating had been caulked, the wood sheating was fastened in place by means of bolts and nuts and the bottom was then caulked in the usual manner. The floors, 12 in. deep, are solid on every frame, being formed of 10 lb. plates, with the exception of the engine and boiler space where they are increased to 14 lb. Deep floors are provided for the engine space and also for the ends of the ship. 'The frames. .are formed of 3 x 2% x 4.5 lb. angles and spaced 24 in, keel to keel. The re- verse frames forward and aft of the engine and boiler space are 24% x 2% x 4.1 angles extending alternately to the main deck stringer plate and to the upper turn of the bilge. In the engine and boiler space they are in- creased to 5 Ib. and all extend to the main deck stringer plate, while addi- tional reverse frames are fitted for the length of the floors. There are two longitudinal keelsons on each side of the center line, worked intercostal between solid floors on each frame. The longitud- imals are. formed of. 10. lb. 'vertical plates whose lower edge is flanged and riveted to the shell, while the top edge is riveted to a 6 in. x 10.5 Ib. channel which extends fore and aft over the tops of the floors to which - it is attached by angle clips. ' The channels are continuous fore and aft and are not cut in the way of bulkheads. Bracket connections are made at all the bulkheads besides the necessary water tight construction. The longitudinals are carried as far forward as practicable and as far aft as-the. stern, where they help to stiffen the roof of the tunnel. The bilge and side 'stringers are formed of a 6 in. x 10.5 lb. channel connected to the frames by 24% x 2% x 4.1) lb.. clips;... Vhe "channels are slotted in way of the frames and cut at the bulkheads to which they are at- tached by suitable brackets. The outer flange of the channel is connected di- rectly to the shell, while the channel itself is fastened to the frames by angle clips. At the stem the stringers are connected by 10 lb. plate breast hooks together with the necessary angles. Engine Foundation The foundation for the engines is formed mainly of four longitudinal girder plates, each of 10 Ib. intercostal, between the floors to which they are attached by means of double angles 244 x 2% x 41 1b. The girder plate itself extends to the shell to which it is connected' thereto. The rider plates are continuous and formed of 20 in. plates 1534 in. wide connected