Shipbuilding in iron and steel / a practical treatise . . 244 Topsides. Chap. Fig. 191. Ill the Hercules there is only one thickness of backing, andthe topside stanchions are let down, dowelled, and bolted, as shown in section in Fig. 191. As it wouldbe a very expensive and wasteful pro-cess to cut away the upper strake ofbacking in order to let down thestancliions, another plan is strakes of planking are workedbetween the skin plating and tliestanchions, and the spaces between theheels of the stanchions ai-e filled insolid with short vertical timbers ex-tending up to the he
Shipbuilding in iron and steel / a practical treatise . . 244 Topsides. Chap. Fig. 191. Ill the Hercules there is only one thickness of backing, andthe topside stanchions are let down, dowelled, and bolted, as shown in section in Fig. 191. As it wouldbe a very expensive and wasteful pro-cess to cut away the upper strake ofbacking in order to let down thestancliions, another plan is strakes of planking are workedbetween the skin plating and tliestanchions, and the spaces between theheels of the stanchions ai-e filled insolid with short vertical timbers ex-tending up to the height of the top ofthe spirketing. Outside the protectedportion of the ship the stanchions arelet down into, and dowelled and boltedto a wooden gunwale worked upon thedeck plating. It will be remarked thatin this case, as well as in that illustrated by Fig. 188, gutter water-ways are fitted in combination with wooden topsides. It has beenpreviously pointed out in how great a measure these waterways addto the strength of the ship; and it may be added here, that theyare also most e
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