The Memoirs of Charles H. Cramp

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Number of water-tight compartments exclusive of ballast tanks, 12.
Gross register, 10,700 tons.
Load displacement (about), 15,600 tons.
Dimensions of main dining-saloon, 109 feet 4 inches by 46 feet.
Dimensions of second cabin, 39 feet 6 inches by 56 feet.
Seating capacity of main saloon, 322.
Seating capacity of second cabin, 208.
Berthing capacity of steerage (about), 900.
The propelling machinery is a pair of verti- cal inverted quadruple-expansion engines, to carry a working steam-pressure
...of two hun- dred pounds and develop from 18,000 to 20,000 collective indicated horse-power. These are the largest and most powerful marine engines ever built in America, and, as the principle of quadruple expansion has never before been 120 § t3 151 MEMOIRS OF CHARLES H. CRAMP applied on so large a scale, its results in this case have been watched with iaterest by the entire profession of marine engineering.
Structurally, the art of naval architecture has been exhausted in their design, and the skill of the best mechanics in the world was tried to the utmost in their construction.


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