. The railroad and engineering journal . the southwest shore ol Manila Bay,where a large sugar refinery is in active ^operation. The load 248 THE RAILROAD AND [May, i88g. is solidly built, the bridges being of stone. It is equipped withfour locomotives of German manufacture, and with a passengercar and lo freight cars of English malie. Work is in progress on a narrrowgauge line from Manila toDagupan on the Island of Luzon, which will be 120 miles inlength. Lines are also proposed from Manila to Cavite, about30 miles, and from Manila to Anlipolo, iS miles, but work hasnot been begun. The Island
. The railroad and engineering journal . the southwest shore ol Manila Bay,where a large sugar refinery is in active ^operation. The load 248 THE RAILROAD AND [May, i88g. is solidly built, the bridges being of stone. It is equipped withfour locomotives of German manufacture, and with a passengercar and lo freight cars of English malie. Work is in progress on a narrrowgauge line from Manila toDagupan on the Island of Luzon, which will be 120 miles inlength. Lines are also proposed from Manila to Cavite, about30 miles, and from Manila to Anlipolo, iS miles, but work hasnot been begun. The Island of Luzon is very densely popu-lated and very productive, and could, it is thought, furnishtraffic for these lines without difficulty. A Revolving Battery.—The accompanying illustrationsshow a design recently patented for a revolving marine battery,which may be properly described as being a monitor turret setafloat by itself, without a monitor hull under it. The hull ofthe vessel, as will be seen, consists of two concentric rings con-. nected so as to form one structure, leaving a clear central spacewithin. The battery itself is made of dome shape, and enginesare provided for mamxuvring the ship, if it may be called engines are so arranged that they can be used to propelthe battery from one place to another, a temporary rudder be-ing provided for this purpose, or they can be used to revolvethe turret in the water when anchored, as shown in fig. 2. Incidentally, it may be remarked that this construction bearsa sort of family resemblance lo the circular monitors or Popoff-kas, as they were called after their inventor, a number of whichwere built some years ago for the Russian Navy. The Russianauthorities never made public any particulars in relation to thesesingular vessels, but it has been generally understood that theywere not by any means a success. The battery shown here is the subject of United Slates patentNo. 400,836. dated April 2, iSSy, and granted to Lockwood
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