LAST WORD IN FERRY BOATS.
The electric ferry .boat .np^y operating* on the Hudson, the Poughkeepsie, is B aid [ to operate on about one-third'of the fuel required by a steam vessel,' and contains many novel- features—including a hullfin, or kinfl of enlarged keel, which provides for motors and Shafting, and; makes the'vessel a, powerful .ice-breaker.! As described in "Ship News".by W. H. Easton,.lhe i hull,is of sfael)tthe superstructure of.; wood'with steej^Bupports; '. and a.ispedial system ofliframing and extra heavy plathig at each7«nd' provides for ice .crushing. - It is bclieyed that ai ; ;k j;*9^h.?«?^i?SWer f .Jjous,ipai}i be devel-l ;oLied--ohrle £ s^ehanj;gn|j;:tf?p^und of oil.! •Ihe'pilot has absolute control ;of the vessel s movements, and can start, stop, re.! verse; and; chjuige spted/rinstanrty.. 'itie compactness of the machinery, all within the hull, 'leaves ' the superstructure clear for four..lines ot automobiles in addition to the, paEsenger,:.cab>:i..; As ice-' breaker, the boat does ii<st wedge intoj the ice, but the broad end rides over it, pushes it, and pushes it aside again.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 14
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165LAST WORD IN FERRY BOATS. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 48, 25 August 1923, Page 14
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