Word: launching
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...steam launch came Tuesday...
...Yale Crew is in much need of a steam launch, and effort is being made by friends in New York...
...steam launch is daily expected...
...Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, R. I., is building the steam launch for the University Crew. Mr. Alexander Agassiz made the contract for it. The cost will be $3,600. The craft will be so arranged that the machinery can be controlled from the standing room forward or aft, and the direction can be changed without swinging round, as she will be sharp at both ends. The Company guarantee a light boat, that will run as fast as an eight can row and that will not make a wake which will interfere with the shells...
...praise too highly the trouble that has been taken to make these performances a success. The Boat Club is really in need of the money that will be cleared, as the subscriptions have been somewhat lower than usual this year, and the additional expense of running the steam-launch will have to be provided for. The friends of the College, who have shown their interest in the undergraduates by taking tickets, are to be heartily thanked, and it is to be hoped that this custom of acting in Boston may be perpetuated...