. Marine Engineer . e secretary of the Board,whose wife performed the naming ceremony. Thisvessel—illustrations of which on the builders stocksand of her propelling and pumping engines in theshops we give—is the largest dredger, as regards The navigating and pipe-manceuvring bridges ofthe Lord Desborough are placed forward of the hopper,and the chart-room and steering-house on the upperand lower bridges respectively. An accommodationgangway leads from lower bridge to engine casing. Onthis gangway—clearly shown in one of our illustrations—the gearing forworking lander doors, wash-out valvesand
. Marine Engineer . e secretary of the Board,whose wife performed the naming ceremony. Thisvessel—illustrations of which on the builders stocksand of her propelling and pumping engines in theshops we give—is the largest dredger, as regards The navigating and pipe-manceuvring bridges ofthe Lord Desborough are placed forward of the hopper,and the chart-room and steering-house on the upperand lower bridges respectively. An accommodationgangway leads from lower bridge to engine casing. Onthis gangway—clearly shown in one of our illustrations—the gearing forworking lander doors, wash-out valvesand hopper valves is arranged. Theaccommodation forofficers is arranged alt of machinery space. There is alsoa special suite of rooms for the superintending crews quarters are forward of the hopper. The propelling and pumping engines, which areillustrated on page 180, have been constructed by thebuilders. The propelling engines are of the triple-expansion type, having cylinders 19 ins., 30 ins., and. Pipe Manoeuvring Winch Dredger Photo by Xttdure, Macdonaid & Co., Desborough. dimensions purely, that has been built on the Clyde,and is also one of the largest ol hei class afloat. Herdimensions are 330 ft. by 54 ft. 6 in. by 23 ft. Sheis fitted with double-suction pipes arranged to shipinboard, and is capable oi raising 4300 tons of sandper hour from a depth of 70 ft. below water level. The Lord D> borough, named aftei the chairman ofthe < -I! - ancy, has been built to work on the LeighMiddle Shoal in the Thames estuary, through whicha channel will be formed 1000 ft. wide and 50 ft. deepat low water, tlii-- being part of the Conservatorsme for providing a channel of that width anddepth from the Note to Gravesend. To obtain ane] ot tli. dimensions named it is estimated thatit will be necessary to remove at least 6,000,000 cubicyards of material from the shoal. 39 ins. diameter by 30 ins. stroke. The cylinders ofpumping engines are 12 20 in
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