The Marmora, screw steamer at Liverpool, 1845. 'The Marmora is a neat, light bark, with exceedingly lofty masts. She is fitted with Ericsson's propellers, on nearly the same principle as the screws of the Great Britain, and carries a low-pressure engine, a new invention, by which the consumption of coal is comparatively size is registered at 400 tons; she is 24 1/4 feet beam, 10 1/2 feet hold, and 145 feet keel: engine 155 horse-power. She presents a very neat appearance; her rigging is that of a bark, lofty, and exceedingly well trimmed, and capable of carrying her ten knots with
The Marmora, screw steamer at Liverpool, 1845. 'The Marmora is a neat, light bark, with exceedingly lofty masts. She is fitted with Ericsson's propellers, on nearly the same principle as the screws of the Great Britain, and carries a low-pressure engine, a new invention, by which the consumption of coal is comparatively size is registered at 400 tons; she is 24 1/4 feet beam, 10 1/2 feet hold, and 145 feet keel: engine 155 horse-power. She presents a very neat appearance; her rigging is that of a bark, lofty, and exceedingly well trimmed, and capable of carrying her ten knots with a fair is destined for Constantinople, to be placed under the direction of the Turkish Government, to ply between the above capital and Paris'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.
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