摘要: |
The packet Kentucky, built at Madison, Ind., in 1907, holds the distinction of having earned what is possibly the most caustic description of a vessel by Capt. Frederick Way Jr. in his Way's Packet Directory. The Kentucky was built with a wood hull, 185 by 33 feet, and the engines were 15's - 5-foot stroke fed by three boilers 38 inches in diameter and 20 feet in length. The machinery and boilers had originally been on the Levi J. Workum, built at Levanna, Ohio, in 1890. In fact, the listing for the Workum states that it was rebuilt and enlarged to actually become the Kentucky. |