ILLUSTRATIONS
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Stoke-Hole of a Transatlantic Liner Frontispiece
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Riveting the Outer Skin on the Frames of a 65,000-Ton Ocean Liner 3
Growth of the Transatlantic Steamer from 1840 to 1912 7
Receiving Submarine Signals on the Bridge 13
Taking the Temperature of the Water 17
Fire-Drill on a German Liner: Stewards are Closing Door in Fire-Protection Bulkhead 21
Fire-Drill on a German Liner: Hose from Bellows Supplies Fresh Air to Man with Smoke Helmet 25
Fire-Drill on a German Liner: Test of Fire-Mains is Made Every Time the Ship is in Port 29
The 44,000-Ton, 25½-Knot Lusitania 37
Provisioning the Boats During a Boat Drill 43
Loading and Lowering Boats, Stowed Athwartships 43
The Elaborate Installation of Telegraphs, Telephones, Voice-Tubes, etc., on the Bridge of an Ocean Liner 47
Hydraulically-operated, Watertight Door in an Engine-Room Bulkhead 53
Diagram Showing Protective Value of Transverse and Longitudinal Bulkheads, Watertight Decks, and Inner Skin 57
Closing, from the Bridge, All Watertight Doors Throughout the Ship by Pulling a Lever 63
Great Eastern, 1858; Most Completely Protected Passenger Ship Ever Built 71
Longitudinal Section and Plan of the Great Eastern, 1858 77
Two Extremes in Protection, and a Compromise 83
Great Eastern, Lying at Foot of Canal Street, North River, New York 87
Fifty Years' Decline in Safety Construction 93
Olympic, Sister to Titanic, reaching New York on Maiden Voyage 97
The Framing and Some of the Deck Beams of the Imperator, as Seen from Inside the Bow, Before the Outside Plating is Riveted On 103
How the Plating of the Inner Bottom of Such a Ship as the Titanic May Be Carried up the Side Frames to Form an Inner Skin 107
Twenty of the Twenty-nine Boilers of the Titanic Assembled Ready for Placing in the Ship 111
The Last Photograph of the Titanic, Taken as She was Leaving Southampton on Her Maiden Voyage 117
Swimming Pool on the Titanic 121
The Titanic Struck a Glancing Blow Against an Under-Water Shelf of the Iceberg, Opening up Five Compartments 125
Comparison of Subdivision in Two Famous Ships 129
The Vast Dining-Room of the Titanic 133
The United States Battleship Kansas 137
Plan and Longitudinal Section of the Battleship Connecticut 143
Midship Section of a Battleship 149
Safety Lies in Subdivision 155
The 65,000-Ton, 23-Knot Imperator, Largest Ship Afloat 159
Longitudinal Section and Plan of the Imperator 163
The Rotor, or Rotating Element, of One of the Low-Pressure Turbines of the Imperator 167
The 26,000-Ton, 23½-Knot Kronprinzessin Cecilie, a Thoroughly Protected Ship 171