Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
Protheroe, Ernest · London : Religious Tract Society · leaf 392
ck she lostthree out of her four propeller blades, and some ofof her plates below the water-line were badly bent. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company enteredinto the shipping business in 1891, and possesses afleet of 63 steamships registering 193,000 tons.Fifteen of these ships were purchased from… … THE ATLANTIC FERRY 291 They are sister vessels and are of identical dimen-sions : Length, 570 feet; breadth, 65^ feet; 14,500tons register; and 18,000 indicated horse-power.They accommodate 350 first cabin, 350 secondcabin, and about 1000 third-class passengers. Bothboats are capable of 18 knots,…
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