Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1893 — A GIGANTIC TRIO. [ARTICLE]

A GIGANTIC TRIO.

Three mighty twin-screw steamships which will fly the American flag are under construction by the Cramps, at Philadelphia. They will be 500 tons heavier than the Cunarder Campania, but will be eighteen feet shorter on tho water Hoe. Their extreme beam, however,, wllt-be sixty-nine feet, or three fedt ninb' 'ratnes broader than the Caitipania. Each nit the giantesses will measure 13,000 , tons, and will have engines that will develop at least 50,000 horte pbwier. '• ' !fi 'JLO