WORLD'S LARGEST SHIPYARD

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 262, 2 November 1918, Page 15

WORLD'S LARGEST SHIPYARD

WHAT IIOU ISLAND IS. The larKf-st shipyard lv the world Is now lii operation.. It Is situated ;it Hoi; l.slHJlil. In America, just ouLside l"hil:idcl I'hhl. ou tlic Delaware lUvcr. It covers nearly :.I>o acres, und there ;iro no few. r than 50 slipways, which citt>nd for n mil.aud a-quarter of tbc river front. Thman- ulso seven outflttlnjr piers, each lOV feet long, and these extend for another mjlr of frontage. Kach pier ran eilieientlj , I berth four ves.seLi at ; i time fur llitlns out I onsequenlly tbe lajr-out uf Ihe pluut j makes It iKjssilile to !■ illl<l lifly ves-sels at a time, and simultaneously fit out another twentjr ci K ht v huce uudertakinß. Two types of standard ships ur.' being built - immclj. TWW-tou rarso rpsselu und SodO-ton combined troop and cargo v«wl.s. Wtei tlic yard Is ,n full Kwlns. one lnrse ship will be launrhe'l erery sei-oiid day. Nine months BRO the site <if Ule yard was virpi'n J soil. There is no mlßtakiuc the Intense Joynlty which prvvallß throughout ih,.'■■•land. Insrrlbed In laa-e letters over th■■ Hdt.iluistratlon building Is the motto, "I Uiledri- allenKian<-e to my Oac an.l to th.----j republic- for whlrh It Mauds. One i nation indlvLslble. with liberty and Justice I for nil." The Island, whlrh In ttuanled bj ibarraok acromniodation for Gi«XI workers. iand fully equipped hospital. In the y:inl I Itself thrre are nr-arly Kf> miles of rail Jwiy lines. No fewer than 70 steam travel ilue cranes are hard at work. Thiny ninnillefi of water piping have been laid. There la nlso a complete sewer«se system to cop* with a work's roll of .V>,ooo men. The fire equipment tncrndes fo fln>tnen on miles of hose. The, firnt keel was laid four months nnd a-half after the work on tli.i yard commenced.