Pilot lore; from sail to steam . name was famous. The quarters on West Street, however, were soon taxed up to theirfull capacity, and it was found that if the company was to copewith the demands that were being made upon it a much larger plantwould have to be built. Accordingly, in 1890, a site was acquired inHoboken, where the present yard now occupies over two blocks ofwaterfront property on Hudson Street. There is nothing prosaicabout the plant or its organization, for a survey of its achievementsmay be interpreted as one of the most graphic chapters in the his-tory of the growth of shipbui
Pilot lore; from sail to steam . name was famous. The quarters on West Street, however, were soon taxed up to theirfull capacity, and it was found that if the company was to copewith the demands that were being made upon it a much larger plantwould have to be built. Accordingly, in 1890, a site was acquired inHoboken, where the present yard now occupies over two blocks ofwaterfront property on Hudson Street. There is nothing prosaicabout the plant or its organization, for a survey of its achievementsmay be interpreted as one of the most graphic chapters in the his-tory of the growth of shipbuilding in America. If the fleet of ves-sels of all descriptions—river, sound and lake steamers, ferryboats,tugs and lighters—which have been equipped wholly or in part bythe Fletcher Company could be gathered together, they would fur-nish the most perfect illustration of progress of the art of shipbuild- — 230 — c* m Q c- O fi- rsS 0 w ^ ~l o^ s — -s- c o —*. w 2 a ^ u K u. S3 **1 ow C5 s- * -i C5 o 3 ^3 a ^ •<=. ZX L/XJL^X ^X. L^X -£X -^X .XX ^X. .£X A \7 /x t7 ^ ei « -6- -6- u VJ ing during the last half century, and would show clearly the variousstages through which ships have passed in their development fromthe crude vessel of Fulton to the modern floating palaces. From its very inception the Fletcher Company has been closelyidentified with this development. Its officials have devoted specialattention, however, to the perfecting of the marine engine, and havecontributed in no small measure to the present efficiency of steampropulsion for vessels. The companys fame for the constructionof the beam engine is world wide, and it is interesting to note thateven at the present time, when this type of prime mover is so rarelyused, they still use as their cable address Beamengine. Success followed success in their engineering experiments, andwith a prophetic eye to the future possibilities of the use of thesteam turbine in ships, the heads of the firm carried out
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