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PHILADELPHIA Name—PHILADELPHIA Owner—Delaware River Ferry Co. Builder—Beth. S. B. Corp., Harlan Plant Launched—PHILADELPHIA, May 1, 1926, sister boat CAPE May, March 18, 1926. Completed—PHILADELPHIA, July 23, 1926, Cape May, June 3, 1926. Classification—Equal to Bureau Veritas HULL PARTICULARS Length overall, 200 feet; length between per- pendiculars, 167 feet; breadth molded, 36 feet; depth molded, 16 feet; draft, 10 feet; gross tonnage, 1028; net tonnage, 695; bunker fuel capacity, 22 tons of coal; speed, 12.69 miles per hour. MACHINERY PARTICULARS Main Engine—One double compound recip- rocating engine coupled to continuous through shafting with a propeller at each end; size, 17 x 34.x 84 x 17 inches x 24-inch stroke; built by Harlan plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd. Boilers—Two gun boat type; size, 11 feet in. diameter. x. 20 feet 10% inches long; built by Harlan. plant, . Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd.; fuel, es | ~ ai yg lanl sage ee acts Ree eee ite) a DESCRIPTION This ferryboat, in con- junction with its sister boat, the Cape May is now being used for automobile and passen- ger ferry service be- tween the Chestnut street wharf of the Reading system in Philadelphia and Kaighns Point, Cam- den, N. J., making con- nections there with the Reading railroad ter- minal for points in South Jersey and At- lantic shore resorts. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT Manufacturers of: Pumps—Warren Steam Pump Co. Steering Engine—American Engineering Co. Propellers—Two cast steel Electric Generators—Two 10 k. w. General Electric Telegraphs—Chas. Cory & Son Inc. The two ferries, May, built for the Reading railroad system by the Harlan plant, of similar construction throughout are now in use in the passenger, automobile and truck traffic between the Chest- nut street wharf, Philadelphia and the Read- ing terminal at Kaighns Point, Camden, N. J. These ferries are as nearly fireproof as it is practicable to build them. The main deck has a driveway through the center of the vessel from end to end with a narrow machinery cas- ing dividing it amidships.. Maximum ‘space is thus provided for vehicular traffic. The passen- ger cabins are also located on this deck, on either side, outboard of the driveways. Five watertight steel bulkheads extending from the keel to the main deck divide the steel hull into six watertight compartments. ila aint al kes as Be —t 9. on Tinea Outboard profile of new Reading ferryboats MARINE. REVIEW—April, 1927 PHILADELPHIA and CAPE _