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PLANS and specifications for the construction of three electric drive steel screw
ferry boats for the City of New York, having an estimated cost of $1,330,000, have
been submitted by Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures, ...
PLANS and specifications for the construction of three electric drive steel screw
ferry boats for the City of New York, having an estimated cost of $1,330,000, have
been submitted by Grover A. Whalen, Commissioner of Plant and Structures, ...
Page 13
They have examined them carefully and find that one of the boats, the Manhattan,
was built in 1905, and we have ... which simply means that if any bulkhead in any
of your ferryboats was carried away the boat would not continue to float.
They have examined them carefully and find that one of the boats, the Manhattan,
was built in 1905, and we have ... which simply means that if any bulkhead in any
of your ferryboats was carried away the boat would not continue to float.
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The most you could carry in any boat of the old type was 240 tons. On the present
canals boats can easily carry 1500 tons, if built right (six times as much cargo). At
least 1)5 percent, of the old type boats were operated by horse power on a tow ...
The most you could carry in any boat of the old type was 240 tons. On the present
canals boats can easily carry 1500 tons, if built right (six times as much cargo). At
least 1)5 percent, of the old type boats were operated by horse power on a tow ...
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| Title | The Port of New York, and Ship News, Volumes 1-2 |
| Editor | Alexander Rogers Smith |
| Contributor | Port of New York Authority |
| Publisher | Port of New York publicity Company, 1922 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2006 |
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