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32 - THE MARINE REVIEW its predecessor. In the ANyox it is believed that the high standards of the old company have been more than realized. The equipment of the plant consists of a 325-foot steel cradle type marine railway, capable of handling 4000 tons, a 300-foot building shed with ways underneath, machine shop, boiler shop, blacksmith shop and saw mill. The yard has a half-mile frontage on deep water, with safety while awaiting repairs. yard has This for years. been a HE Great. Lakes wre ek in g steamer Favorite, said to be the most completely equipped craft of its kind, has been taken over by the United States navy. Her master, Capt. Alex. Cunning, is under orders to take his vessel to Montreal where she will be turned over to the government. The Favorite will be sent immediately to foreign waters for work on wrecked vessels that can be saved by a completely equip- ped wrecker of the FAvoriTE type. The Favorite 'was built at Buffalo, costing approxi- 'mately $250,000. Today she is worth over twice that sum. Her principal dimensions are: engin. over all,.195.. feet; length of keel, 180 | feet; beam, 43 feet; draft, 19 feet 6 inches; gross tonnage, 1223. She is equipped with two Scotch marine boilers 15. feet diameter and 11 feet 6 inches long. Each boiler has. three 'furnaces and is allowed 180 pounds working pressure. Her engine is of the latest where sailing vessels anchor ™ : plant rendezvous for schooners and other wooden sailing vessels requiring dock- ing, general repairs and particularly new masts. Since the present owners acquired the plant, it has been con- tinuously busy with both repair and construction work. One of its best features is its accessibility to the raw material, large trees for ship masts, keels, etc:, 'being within easy dis- tance. The improvements at this yard since the Winslow company purchased the include the building shed, a improved triple-expansion type with cyl- inders 22, 36 and 60 inches bore x 30- inch stroke: The Favorite is shown under way in Fig. 1. The shop equipment of this vessel is complete in every respect, even to the smallest detail. The blacksmith shop is illustrated in Fig. 2 and' contains the customary outfit of forges, anvils, FIG, 2--THE. BLACKSMITH: SHOP January, 1918 latest style tilting band saw and a specially designed Stetson & Ross beveling header and beveling planer. Following the launching of* the Anyox, the yard began work on a 100-foot oil scow, now almost com--- pleted. Two other scows of the same type, for the account of James Griffiths & Sons, are to follow. These will be used for freighting fuel oil between ports on Puget Sound. In addition, the marine railway has been in con- tinual demand in hauling out vessels for hull repairs. ---- YJ ss ss S < recker Goes to Foreign Waters small tools; stock" racks, ete. -Ehe power shear shown in the foreground is. capable of punching and_ shearing steel plates up to one inch in thickness. The machine shop is also complete. The equipment consists of an engine lathe, shaper, drill press, pipe and bolt cutters, a grinding wheel stand, the usual amount of small tools, such 'as drills, taps, reamers, files, etc., and commodious stock lockers. The wrecking equip- ment of the Favorite includes the following appurtenances: A frame. derrick forward, with powerful engine oper- ating a 3-ton grab bucket; patent sectional collision mat to. cover. fracture 20 x 307 feet; derrick with steam hoist aft for handling equipment; special towing machine with 1800 feet of 2-inch steel tow- ing cable; stationary air com- pressor which will furnish 500: feet of . free air . per minute at 100 pounds pres- sure; complete equipment of pneumatic tools and ham-