Lake ship yard methods of steel ship construction (1907)
Curr, Robert · Cleveland : The Marine review · leaf 179
Fig. 178. 168 LAKE SHIP YARD METHODS OF built for side launching and B for end-on launching. The vessel Bfor end-on launching is 25 feet higher at the bow than the vessel A.It is a well-known fact that men will do more work nearer tlie groundthan too high above it. The use of declivity battens and… … Fig. 185. on the old style, but with the mold system it would make little differ-ence, seeing that after the first few frames were erected to positionthe material would work into its own place. The laying out of ship work in the ship yard is somewhat behind thestructural iron work on a large…
Naval architecture · Ships, Iron and steel
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