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AY ae ef WAT aa a" Pe DE LAVAL COMPOUND TURBINES with double reduction gears enable the freight car transports Seatrain NEW YORK and Seatrain HAVANA to maintain regular six day schedules both ways on the New York- Havana-New Orleans route. Although rated at 8000 hp. at 105 r.p.m. of the propeller for 161% knots, and operating ordinarily with steam at 285 lb. pressure and 675° F. at the throttle, the tur- bines are designed to operate economically also at 4 os 400 lb., delivering 8800 shaft hp. at 110 r.p.m.; and 17 knots has been exceeded. As designed and built by the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., the seatrain ships measure 478 ft. overall, with a deadweight tonnage of 10,245 at 26 ft, 3 im. draft: and each will carry a hundred loaded freight cars. We would be glad to prepare designs and estimates of power equipments to meet your requirements. STEAM TURBINE CO. Trenton, N. J. 2063 MARINE REVIEwW—April, 1933