. Seattle and the Orient. ish power for rivetting, drilling,etc., and is easily transported by meansof a hose and pipes from various partsof the building, or can be carried on toadjacent places on the premises. Thereare also gigantic punches, one of thelargest set of rolls for rolling sheetiron in the United States, enormousshears for cutting up plate used in theconstruction of boilers—and, in fact, requires a great deal of bodily exer-tion, and place it in position upon thevessel required, in a fraction of thetime it now takes to perform thistask. This traveling crane will moveover the sectio
. Seattle and the Orient. ish power for rivetting, drilling,etc., and is easily transported by meansof a hose and pipes from various partsof the building, or can be carried on toadjacent places on the premises. Thereare also gigantic punches, one of thelargest set of rolls for rolling sheetiron in the United States, enormousshears for cutting up plate used in theconstruction of boilers—and, in fact, requires a great deal of bodily exer-tion, and place it in position upon thevessel required, in a fraction of thetime it now takes to perform thistask. This traveling crane will moveover the section allotted to shipbuild-ing purposes; in other words (usingthe picture of the George W. Dickensonwhich is shown in a picture herewithas an illustration) this bridge will beable to move above such vessels, andone can readly appreciate the enormousadvantage of having such an auxiliaryto the work in hand. This portion ofthe yard will probably be devoted towooden shipbuilding and has amplecapacity for several vessels on the.
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