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Full column engraving of the Great Eastern...
Full column engraving of the Great Eastern...
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June 30, 1860
SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1860
* SS Great Eastern steamship print
Front page has: "The Great Eastern" "A Detailed Illustrated Description of the Great Ship" "Comparative Diagram of her Proportions" "Interior Arrangements and the Machinery". Includes a very simple diagram comparing the size of the Great Eastern with fifteen other vessels.
Also has a detailed engraving being a horizontal cutaway that shows the vessel's interior from stern to bow, presented vertically, & taking the entire second column.
Report, diagram & the engraving take all of the front page. Uncommon to have such a large illustration on the front page during this period.
Other news of the day throughout. Has 4 pages, lite printing crease in the text, lower margin has lite foxing.
wikipedia notes: The SS Great Eastern was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. She was the largest ship ever built at the time of her 1858 launch, and had the capacity to carry 4,000 passengers around the world without refueling. Her length of 692 feet (211 m) was only surpassed in 1899 by the 705 feet (215 m) 17,274 gross ton RMS Oceanic, and her gross tonnage of 18,915 was only surpassed in 1901 by the 700 feet (210 m) and 21,035 gross ton RMS Celtic. Brunel knew her affectionately as the "Great Babe". He died in 1859 shortly after her ill-fated maiden voyage.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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