Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), June 1934, p. 6

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EVERAL years ago the A. H. Bull Steamship Company determined that with a source of compressed air aboard their ships they could remove rust and scale, paint the vessel, make emergency repairs, etc., much better than by the old manual method. Consequently all of their se@a-going vessels were equipped with Westinghouse steam driven compressors. So satisfactory was this practice that the same type of machine was included in the specifications for the Angelina and the Manuela, which represent in their class the finest type of modern freighter. A score or more of other steamship companies have their entire fleet of vessels equipped with Westinghouse Air Compressors. Westinghouse steam-driven air com- pressors are compact, self-contained W E 5 T » € Hi O U S E units and occupy no floor space «s MC LONELY acon they can be readily attached to a column or bulk head. They are Industrial Division reliable and durable machines. PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA (9126) 6 MARINE REVIEwW—June, 1934

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