Word: boilers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...ready for delivery in ten days. It has been definitely decided to call her the "John Harvard." She is to be one foot longer than the "Frank Thomson" with about the same beam. The delay in finishing her has been caused by the necessity of waiting for a Roberts boiler, with which she is expected to obtain a high rate of speed. This boiler projects high above the rail, but, owing to the low freeboard, it will probably be no higher above the water than that of the Frank Thomson and will go under bridges as easily. An unfortunate feature...
...launch, which is to replace the Frank Thomson, will be ready for use by the time the crews go on this water, about the middle of this month. The hull is already completed and has been moved to the ship-house at Lawley's, where the engine and boiler will...
...Lawley and Son of South Boston and, although resembling the old launch in general outline, it will have various improvements. The boat will be fifty-one feet in length, seven feet and ten inches in beam, and will draw thirty-six inches of water at low draft. The boiler and engine will be larger than in the "Frank Thompson," and a sustained speed of sixteen and one half miles an hour will thus be possible. The cost of building the boat will be covered from the insurance, $6500, on the "Frank Thompson...