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The Chester Launch. PEIUfDESCRIPTION OF THE STEAMER CITYOF WASHINGTON.itessar,lesLiid ted 1, uly I of en. vedmil1 awarng-ird,Oilm-and)iit-iast uthirn-Ihe pril :ou-lie on »it li t he ulerCbe- ofveilisediredler-idersell[‘ply, lietueritchinedears eat of was I leduer-iderog.len,id,”lsh-The Chester News gives the following description of the steamship City of Washington, which was launched at Roach’s yard, on Thursday afternoon, in the presence of the visiting Governors and other distinguished personages:—The City of Washington is the finest specimen of naval architecture ever launched in this country. Not nearly as large as the Tokio or Peking, yet she weighed considerably more than either of these monsters, Her measurement over the twelve feet water line is 302 feet whilst over all she is 3*20 feet long; 38 feet beam (moulded); depth of hold 28feet 3 inches; 30 feet 0 Inches from baseline to top of spar deck- Her tonnage is 2050 tons. The capacity of her coal bunkers is 750 tons. Her engines are two in number, of the compound surface condensing plan with 2750 liorse-power; she lias also two auxiliary engines for purpose of working air, circular, feed aud bilge pumps. l\ie nniu engines have no other work to perform but to work the propeller. The boilers were placed in the vessel before launching; are two in number, aud of the vertical tubular, cylindrical make, each 23 feet long and 18feet in diameter, their working pressure is 00 lbs to the square inch. The ship has three decks, the main deck being composed partly of iron whistles the upper deck is built entirely of this material. Her mean low draft will he 21 feet. She will be brigantine rigged and will carry 1500 square feet of sail. She contains 75 state rooms, will accommodate 150 firs* class passengers, with good accommodations for officers and crew,and have room in the steerage for 250 persons. She has six iron bulk heads, so that there are seven water tight compartments, so that if she should spring a leak m one there would he six left thus saving her from sinking:it is expected that she will be able to make at least sixteen knots an hour, which will be equal to the speed of the fastest steamers atloat. She was built for the Alexandre line and will ply between New York and Savannah. Her keel was laid February 7tb, 1877, on March 24th the first frame was raised, and on the 21st of April the lirst plate was raised.I])I)1)AlinT onicPEIProtit\\1 )ea r have b year or linuedwuvteJor e vertion.log Utt, foo l (Ipiliu iiext re:r blllty being 1 Irttion, torture six mo bottle lt;ed so n live b »use of l has re* hat I ;ge.Htlon ed in tl poundsgeneraed, and U'e of; estly ri sin ant! will do YourPEPEDearto info the us own ftyears, much inhe co
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Wilmington Daily Gazette
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Sat, Sep 01, 1877
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