Sujet
The new Inman steamer City of Richmond, 1874. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The new Inman steamer City of Richmond, 1874. Steamship '...built in the well-known yard of Messrs. Tod and Macgregor, at Partick, on the Clyde...Her engines, which are on the compound principle, and of the largest size ever made for the merchant service, are of 900-horse power nominal, but are capable of working to 5000-horse power...They are supplied with steam by ten boilers, heated by thirty furnaces, the boilers having surface condensers, and all the other modern means to ensure economy in the consumption of coal and efficient working of the motive power...such is the enormous spread of her canvas that, in a gale of wind, her crew, numerous as they are, would find some difficulty in managing the sails without the steam-winches with which she is provided...When in port, their chief use is for loading and unloading cargo. Communication between the bridge and the engine-room and wheel-house is maintained by Chadburn's telegraph...The steamer is built to carry 150 saloon and 1300 steerage passengers...In all the arrangements made by the Inman Company, special attention is paid to the comforts of the steerage passengers, as the numbers carried by this line attest'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A32_479
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
22,3Mo (2,0Mo) / 30,6cm x 18,3cm / 3611 x 2158 (300dpi)