Some ships of the clipper ship era, their builders, owners, and captains; . FEARLESS. Length, 325 GREAT REPUBLIC IOIlIlMKe. ;).i SOME SHIPS OF THE CLIPPER SHIP ERA 31 She had 4 decks, 4 masts when launched, and her figure-headwas an eagle. On her stern holding a shield in his talons wasanother eagle, whose outstretched wings were 36 feet from tipto tip. Her long sharp ends and concave lines forward andaft gave her a very racy look despite her size. She had theForbes rig of double topsails and Harris system of lightningconductors, and was intended to carry a crew of 100 men and30 boys. At th
Some ships of the clipper ship era, their builders, owners, and captains; . FEARLESS. Length, 325 GREAT REPUBLIC IOIlIlMKe. ;).i SOME SHIPS OF THE CLIPPER SHIP ERA 31 She had 4 decks, 4 masts when launched, and her figure-headwas an eagle. On her stern holding a shield in his talons wasanother eagle, whose outstretched wings were 36 feet from tipto tip. Her long sharp ends and concave lines forward andaft gave her a very racy look despite her size. She had theForbes rig of double topsails and Harris system of lightningconductors, and was intended to carry a crew of 100 men and30 boys. At the time of her launching wire rope was unknown,so that all her standing rigging was hemp, her main rigging being123^ inches and her top rigging 8 inches in circumference. Shecarried 15,653 yards of sail, required 1,500,000 feet of hard pine,986,000 feet of white oak, 336 tons of iron bolts, and 56 tons ofcopper, besides sheathing. It is said that 30,000 people crowded the wharves at the NorthEnd of Boston, the Charlestown Navy Yard, and Chelsea Bridge,and an equal number crowded th
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