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April, 1925 MARKINE REVIBW 139 CINCINNATI—River Passenger—Side Paddle Wheel Steam DESCRIPTION A large modern side wheel, river passenger and packet freight steamer for service on the Ohio and Missis- sippi rivers between Cincinnati and New Orleans. The hull is of steel and’ is sub- divided into 39 water- tight compartments. Twin tandem: com- pound steam engines furnish power. State- rooms are large and have electric lights and running water. Name— CINCINNATI. 9 feet stroke; connected directly to the paddle Owner—Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Co., wheel shaft. Builder—Midland Barge Co. Naval Architect—Thomas Dunbar. Launched—Aug., 1923. Completed—Feb. 20, 1924. Boilers—Six of river type with 10 flues; size, 44 inches x 24 feet; built by the Acme Boiler Works; fuel, coal. Classification—Passenger—Ohio and Mississippi AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT HULL PARTICULARS Steering Engine—Charles Barnes ‘Co. Length overall, 300 feet; length between per- Refrigeration—Triumph Ice Machine Co. pendiculars, 290 feet; breadth molded of hull, 45 Electric Generators—Westinghouse. feet 6 inches; breadth overall, 83 feet; depth Condensers—Davis Engineering Corp. molded, 12 feet; draft, 5 feet; deadweight ton- Superheaters—The Superheater Co. nage, 1000; gross tonnage, 1000; net tonnage, 800; j : : The day of the palatial river steamers on the passenger capacity, 400 first-class, 200 second- Ohi ay ae eee The Cas class and 100 third-class; cargo capacity, 800 HAS ee ee eee . pe a tons; bunker fuel capacity, 200 tons; speed, 20 is a large steel hull river steamer with sleeping Poe twiles ee hour ce oy : accommodations for 400 first-class, 200 second- class and 100 third-class passengers. She is en- MACHINERY PARTICULARS gaged in the service between Cincinnati and New Main Engines—Two, tandem compound, built Orleans; and imtermediate points, a distance of by Charles Barnes Co.; size, 22 x 40 inches and 1513 miles which is covered in less than six days. ——————_ a ow wy { mm [, e es EE a? || 2 cr Oa ed nO Shs r | K a = >} a ho LP eal) c ae WF ‘ 1S 8 Rs Oo 7-H} mi | ‘ebaht pal) Mecba Wes oa Cap ip b/ Neoldal! Veal lebalea |’ “leh sual —— >, Cebin Plan. Deck “B.” Steamer “Cincinnati”