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ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE WORLD.
Fig. 10.—THE “ MAURETANIA ” BEING FRAMED.
extending in a fore and aft direction round gether on some convenient flat surface. If of
the outside of the frames at certain heights very large size, they are erected in the ship
from the ground,
and they keep the
frames in place un-
til the shell or out-
side plating of the
hull is riveted to
the frames. The
beams to support
the decks are then
hoisted into place
and riveted to the
frames, and the
bulkheads also are
got into position.
These latter are
usually riveted to-
Fig. 11.—BENDING A PLATE IN A HYDRAULIC PRESS.
[Photo, Messrs. Niles, Bement, Pond, and Co., Ltd.)
piece by piece, but
whenever possible
they are lifted into
position complete.
At this stage of con-
struction the vessel
presents an appear-
ance something like
that shown in Fig.
10. This is an in-
terior view of the
Mauretania looking
forward, that vessel
having been selected
for the purpose of
several of our illus-