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Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), September 1914, p. 327

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September, 1914 THE MARINE REVIEW 327 i MAIN CABIN LOOKING AFT TAKEN FROM STAIRWAY JUST AFT OF BOILER CASING INTERIOR OF MAIN CABIN, LOOKING FORWARD, TAKEN FROM STAIRWAY JUST FORWARD OF BOILER CASING SOCIAL HALL LOOKING AFT SHOWING PURSER'S OFFICE ON RIGHT AND WIRELESS ROOM ON LEFT with wire netting so that there is no possibility of accident. Swings, ham- mocks, and a sand pile of pure white sand prove irresistible attractions to the youngsters, On the boat deck are 57 staterooms and eight parlors with bath. The cap- tain's quarters are located at the for- ward end of this deck directly under the pilot-house. At the extreme after end of the boat deck is a glass-enclosed ball room fitted with a maple floor for dancing, The ship, of course, is lighted throughout by electricity and the in- direct system is employed in the main saloon. All rooms are cooled by me- chanical refrigeration, for which pur- Pose a 12-ton refrigerating plant is in- Stalled. All water used for domestic Purposes is filtered. The South American is fitted with a (uadruple-expansion engine having cylinders 2114, 3034, 4414 and 64-inch diameter with a common stroke of 36 inches. The high pressure and first in- termediate cylinders have one piston valve each, the diameter and_ travel being 12 inches and 5% inches for the high pressure and 17 and 6 inches for the first intermediate. The second STARBOARD SIDE OF BOAT DECK TAKEN FROM BRIDGE FORWARD END OF MAIN SALOON LOOKING AFT intermediate cylinder has two piston valves each 14 inches in diameter and 6 inch travel, and low pressure cylinder has a double ported slide valve with a travel of 6% inches. All valves are driven. with Stephenson link motion, the low pressure having a balance cylinder. Tne high pressure piston is a plug pis- ton of cast iron fitted with anti-friction rings. The first intermediate piston is of cast steel fitted with a solid re- movable follower of iron and the sec- ond intermediate piston is similarly ar- ranged with the exception that the pis- ton body is of iron and_ purposely weighted to assist in the balance. The low pressure piston is of cast steel with packing rings and removable follower plate. All pistons are conical in section and the low pressure and first intermediate are made as light as possible. The piston rods, of open- hearth steel, are 5% inches in diameter in the body, secured to the piston with a 334-inch nut and to the crossheads with a taper key. The crossheads are of cast steel, fitted with removable brass

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