Two centuries of shipbuilding by the Scotts at Greenock. Partly reprinted from "Engineering" (1920)
Scotts' Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd · London : Offices of "Engineering," 35 and 36, Beford Street, W.C.". · leaf 316
The channel, bulb angle or Z bars, used so extensivelynow for framing in large ships, are bevelled in special machinesplaced on rails at the front of the frame furnaces. The barsare passed through these machines on their way from thefurnace to the bending blocks, and receive the necessary… … SHIPYARD PLATE RACKS, CARTSBURN YARD. Plate LXXIV