New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . - money a steamerwas built which revolutionized the methods of whaling, increased thecatch, and was at once followed by others, until now the fleet ofsteam whalers is of prime importance in the industry. A descriptionof one of these vessels will suffice for all. The William Lewis, thelatest addition to the fleet of steam whalers, was built at Bath, Maine, THE WHALE-FISHERY 39. in the summer of 1888,and has left New Bed-ford for the SandwichIslands, whence shewill sail for the Arcticocean in 1889. Thisvessel, wh
New Bedford, Massachusetts; its history, industries, institutions and attractions . - money a steamerwas built which revolutionized the methods of whaling, increased thecatch, and was at once followed by others, until now the fleet ofsteam whalers is of prime importance in the industry. A descriptionof one of these vessels will suffice for all. The William Lewis, thelatest addition to the fleet of steam whalers, was built at Bath, Maine, THE WHALE-FISHERY 39. in the summer of 1888,and has left New Bed-ford for the SandwichIslands, whence shewill sail for the Arcticocean in 1889. Thisvessel, which is barkrigged, is in some re-spects one of the finestof steam whalers. Of460 tons gross tonnage,she is 145 teet long,with 30 feet breadth ofbeam, and the depthof her hold is 16^ is built entirely oflive oak and whiteoak, copper and ironfastened. Her plank-ing is of white oak, andshe is sheathed withtwo inch hickorv toprotect her hull from GROUP OF OLD WHALERS. BARK ROSSEAU. 40 NEW BEDFORD. the ice. Her stem is protected by heavy composition plates. Toprevent her from being crushed if pinched by the ice, she has threesets of pointers forward and two aft. She is provided with a Provi-dence steam windlass which is worked by steam power and is a verypowerful labor-saving piece of mechanism. The vessel has a 4I com-pound engine, of 22 inches diameter of high pressure cylinder, 38inches diameter of low pressure cylinder, and 26 inch stroke, fit
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