History of merchant shipping and ancient commerce (1874)
Lindsay, William Schaw · London : Sampson Low · leaf 556
scharge of the cargo, and sometimes the supply oftheir own provisions. Mr. Cooke furnishes an illus-tration of one of these vessels discharging her coals1 A keel is 21 tons 5 cwt. MK1ICHANT SHIPPING. 537 in the Pool (see below). The men are employed,as will be seen, jumping the coals in… … COLLIER DISCHARGING. - E. W. COOKE, R.A. four men who held in their hands whip lines, attachedto a rope, which was passed over a single pulleywith a basket fastened to the end of it. As thebasket was being lowered into the hold the menwalked up a temporary platform, not unlike an 538 MERCHANT…
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