Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1896 — A MONSTER SHIP. [ARTICLE]

A MONSTER SHIP.

Tlie Penney!vnuiu to Be the Largest Vessel in Lee. The Hamburg-Amcrlcau’s Pennsylvania, which was launched recently, Is a big ship, and in fact the largest In use. However, it Is not as large ns the Great Eastern, now out of service. Comparisons show: Length: Pennsylvania, 585 feet; Great Eastern, 080 feet. Beam: Pennsylvania, 05! feet; Great Eastern, S;.i% feet. Depth: Pennsylvania, 42 feet; Great Eastern, 58 feet. Displacement: Pennsylvania, 30,000 tons; Great Eastern, 32,100 tons. Tonnage: Pennsylvania, 20,000 tons; Groat Eastern, 22,500 tons.

What the Pennsylvania cost. Isn’t certain; but the Great Eastern cost, when launched in IBf>B, 050,000. The Pennsylvania will have quadruple expansion engines, a propeller shuft 230 feet long, 0,000 indicated horse power, giving an average speed of 14 knots an hour. The Great Eastern had paddle wheels and a screw propeller with separate engine and boilers for each, and on her maiden trip in June, 1800, made 14»/ a knots an hour, though her average was 11.23 knots. The Pennsylvania can carry 200 first-class, 150 second-class and 1,000 steerage passengers. The Ham-burg-American line is building at Hamburg a sister ship to the Pennsylvania.