ANCHORS FOR NO. 534
Two IG-ton bower anchors, each with 165 fathoms of cable.attached, will be carried by the now Cunard liner No. 534, iv place of tho stem: anchor such as the Berengaria, Majestic, and Leviathan,carry. During manufacture of the cable a three-link piece was subjected to a destruction test in a new 1200-ton testing machine. At the strain of 693^4 tons, a link fractured in tho solid material and. Jiot in tho welded, thus illustrating '.the perfection to which electric welding has been brought.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1934, Page 21
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86ANCHORS FOR NO. 534 Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 36, 11 August 1934, Page 21
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