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per deck, 245 feet; length of keel, 223 et; breadth within paddle-boxes, 40 et 6 inches; breadth, in­ cluding paddle-boxes, 64 et; depth, 27 et ; ton­ nage, 1,862 tons; power of engines, 500 horses; diameter of cylinders, 711⁄2 inches; length of stroke, 7 feet; diameter of paddle-wheels, 30 feet; esti­ mated weight of engines, boilers, and water, 500 tons; ditto of coals r 20 days' consumption, 600 tons; dittoofcargo,500tons; draughtofwaterwith
the above weight and stores, 16 et.
3. The British Queen is said to have been one of the longest ships in the world, the length exceeding, by about thirty- ve feet, that of any ship in the Brit­ ish navy. Her beauty was equal to that of the Great
·Western; some say, r superior; and she occupied two years in being built, The Great Western has ur, instead of three masts, and she also possesses the advantage, if such it be, of a poop or stern-deck. The internal arrangements of the British Queen, as to berths and saloon, were of the most costly and chaste description; while her mechanical powers, as to engine and other apparatus, were of the most sub­ stantial and perfect workmanship.
4. The Great ste·rn was built at Bristol, with- " 'l out any consideration as to cost and labour. s soon as her hull and rigging were completed, she
I proceeded to London to receive her engines and other
steam apparatus. ,She sails between Bristol and
!·) New York. The tonnage of this vessel is 1,340, of which it is computed the g1·oss weight of the appara­ tus is 490; that of the boilers alone, with the water they contain, being 180, and the piston-cranks 17
I tons each. In the space surrounding the engines is stowage-room, in iron boxes "of very convenient con-
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