Word: cramp
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...launch which is building at Cramp's yard, Philadelphia, is expected to reach Cambridge, April 10. The new boat is longer and wider than the John Harvard, and draws less water, thus being better adapted to the navigation of the Charles. She is also faster than the old launch, having a guaranteed speed of 16 knots...
...Frank Thomson of Philadelphia, has presented a new launch to the Harvard crew. It is being built by the Cramp Co., and will have a possible speed of fifteen knots an hour, a much greater speed than that of the "John Harvard." It will also draw a foot less water than the "John Harvard," and is being built very low with an especial view to navigating the Charles...
...Cessation of building would be an abrupt break in the policy adhered to since 1886: Herbert, p. 424. - (a) Additional ships should be ordered by next Congress for - (1) Usual time for building a battle-ship is 5 years. - (2) Cramp can not construct the best in less than 2 1/2 years: Higgins in Cong. Rec. Vol. 27, p. 3576. - (b) Provision for - (1) Sudden shipwreck, cf. Reina Regente. - (2) Ordinary wear and tear. - (3) Filling place of older ships made nearly useless by modern improvements...
...followed them. It was just below the Western Avenue bridge that the accident happened. Whether the shell struck on a sunken pile and capsized, dragging Shaw under by the toe straps, or whether Shaw, finding the boat tipping, jumped, and owing to his heated condition was seized with the cramp, it is hardly possible to say. The latter conjecture is perhaps more probable as the boat was found right side up with the sliding seat still in it. Several of the students dragged the river till one o'clock Monday night when they waited till four for a police boat...