Steel ships, their construction and maintenance : a manual for shipbuilders, ship superintendents, students, and marine engineers (1901)
Walton, Thomas · London : Charles Griffin & Co. ; Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 277
hang, as it were, the ends of the beams whichare necessarily cut in way of all hatches. By the hatch end coamingplates being well riveted to the strong hatch end beams, the side coamingplates become exceedingly strong fore and aft girders well able to carrythe beams and the deck at the hatch side,… … 111.—Bulb Plate TurnedKnee. ■- , - , - / / ^ y ^ %\ X- \ ^ - -^ / (-^^ / \/ ^ y \/^ \^/ for dispensing with them), and well connected to the beams. Indeed,the hatch coamings are formed into a strong, rigid girder framework,well connected to the main structure of the ship at the hatch ends. It is…
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