. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . PLAN OF HIE ALbliMARLE. THE CAREER OF THE ALBEMARLE. 421 keel was laid, and construction was commencedby bolting down, across the center, a piece offrame timber, which was of yellow pine, eightby ten inches. Another frame of the same sizewas then dovetailed into this, extending out-wardly at an angle of 45 degrees, forming theside, and at the outer end of this the framefor the shield was also dovetailed, the angle Oak knees were bolted in, to act as braces andsu])])orts for the shield. The armament consisted of two rifled Brooke guns mounted
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . PLAN OF HIE ALbliMARLE. THE CAREER OF THE ALBEMARLE. 421 keel was laid, and construction was commencedby bolting down, across the center, a piece offrame timber, which was of yellow pine, eightby ten inches. Another frame of the same sizewas then dovetailed into this, extending out-wardly at an angle of 45 degrees, forming theside, and at the outer end of this the framefor the shield was also dovetailed, the angle Oak knees were bolted in, to act as braces andsu])])orts for the shield. The armament consisted of two rifled Brooke guns mounted on pivot-carriages,each gun working through three port-holes,as occasion retjuired, there being one port-hole at each end of the shield and two oneach side. These were protected by iron. THE ALBEMARLE GOING DOWN THE ROANOKE. being 35 degrees, and then the top deck wasadded, and so on around to the other end ofthe bottom beam. Other beams were thenbolted down to the keel, and to the one firstfastened, and so on, working fore and aft, themain-deck beams being interposed from stemto stern. The shield was 60 feet in length andoctagonal in form. When this part of thework was completed she was a solid boat,built of pine frames, and if calked would havefloated in that condition, but she was after-wards covered with 4-inch planking, laid onlongitudinally, as ships are usually planked, andthis was properly calked and pitched, cottonbeing used for calking instead of oakum, thelatter being very scarce and the former almostthe only article to be had in of the timber was hauled long portable saw-mills were obtained, oneof which was located at the yard, the othersbeing moved about from time to time to suchgrowing timber as could be procured. The iron
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