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Image number: RS.10558
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Steamship coaling
Date
1853
Creator - Organisation
Day & Son, Lithographers
After
H W Hampton , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
47871
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 226mm
width (print): 328mm
width (print): 328mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Cross section through a steam vessel to show seamen loading coal into sacks from depots in the hold.
Detail of plate 10 from the book Improvements in naval architecture, by Oliver Lang (Woolwich, 1853).
The plate is headed ‘COAL DEPOT CX. A Plan for filling Coals in Sacks from the Hold of a Coal Depot, instead of the men going in on the Coals in bulk. H.W.Hampton Del. Day & Son, Lithrs. To the Queen.’
According to the accompanying text the author “Invented an expeditious method of loading and discharging coals, for vessels, preventing the inconvenience and waste from the dust scattering, also a great saving of expense and dirt.”
Oliver Lang (1777-1853) was a master shipwright at the Royal Naval Dockyard at Woolwich.
Detail of plate 10 from the book Improvements in naval architecture, by Oliver Lang (Woolwich, 1853).
The plate is headed ‘COAL DEPOT CX. A Plan for filling Coals in Sacks from the Hold of a Coal Depot, instead of the men going in on the Coals in bulk. H.W.Hampton Del. Day & Son, Lithrs. To the Queen.’
According to the accompanying text the author “Invented an expeditious method of loading and discharging coals, for vessels, preventing the inconvenience and waste from the dust scattering, also a great saving of expense and dirt.”
Oliver Lang (1777-1853) was a master shipwright at the Royal Naval Dockyard at Woolwich.
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