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测试5月26日的托马斯的速度很快就会回来的lett and the James Duane, New York's two new fireboats which was to have been from the light off Sandy Hook to the Scotland lightship, but, on account of the fog, was St. George, up the North River to Yonkers, where the compasses were adjusted. The boats met every test applied to them, and at a pressure of 115 lb. threw 3-in. streams from turret-nozzles, and 12,000 gal. per minute—a distance of 150 ft., while both boats were steaming full speed ahead —something not called for in the contract. I his was done over the measured mile off Riverhead. The Willet led. taking a flying start, and made the distance at a speed of 15.7 to miles—the contract requirement was 12 miles an hour. I he Duane was a shade faster, and showed a trifling superiority in speed, too, on the run up the river. A test of the firefighting capacity of the boats was also made. Everything worked smoothly, from the great turbine engines supplied by the General Electric company to the Worthington pumps. The boats can throw eighteen streams, varying from 1 to 3-in. and, in addition, there are great standpipes on the deckhouse and 011 the towers. Illustrations of the fleet of fireboats when under review on May 21 were given in last week’s number of EIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING. At the test on May 26, the superiority of the centrifugal pump for fireboats at all events, seemed thoroughly established. I here were present at the test Deputy Fire Commissioner Whitney; Chief Croker; Chief Mullen, of Boston, Chief McConnell of Buffalo; and Chief Horton, of Baltimore; Chief John Kenlon, the acting deputy chief in charge of the fire fleet; his deputy, Battalion Chief Cordon; Mr. McLean and Mr. Millard, who supervised as marine architects and engineers the construction of the boats; Alexander Miller, of Alexander Miller and Bro., who built them, and J. D. McGuire, of the Worthington Pump company, who designed the pumps.
测试5月26日的托马斯的速度很快就会回来的lett and the James Duane, New York's two new fireboats which was to have been from the light off Sandy Hook to the Scotland lightship, but, on account of the fog, was St. George, up the North River to Yonkers, where the compasses were adjusted. The boats met every test applied to them, and at a pressure of 115 lb. threw 3-in. streams from turret-nozzles, and 12,000 gal. per minute—a distance of 150 ft., while both boats were steaming full speed ahead —something not called for in the contract. I his was done over the measured mile off Riverhead. The Willet led. taking a flying start, and made the distance at a speed of 15.7 to miles—the contract requirement was 12 miles an hour. I he Duane was a shade faster, and showed a trifling superiority in speed, too, on the run up the river. A test of the firefighting capacity of the boats was also made. Everything worked smoothly, from the great turbine engines supplied by the General Electric company to the Worthington pumps. The boats can throw eighteen streams, varying from 1 to 3-in. and, in addition, there are great standpipes on the deckhouse and 011 the towers. Illustrations of the fleet of fireboats when under review on May 21 were given in last week’s number of EIRE AND WATER ENGINEERING. At the test on May 26, the superiority of the centrifugal pump for fireboats at all events, seemed thoroughly established. I here were present at the test Deputy Fire Commissioner Whitney; Chief Croker; Chief Mullen, of Boston, Chief McConnell of Buffalo; and Chief Horton, of Baltimore; Chief John Kenlon, the acting deputy chief in charge of the fire fleet; his deputy, Battalion Chief Cordon; Mr. McLean and Mr. Millard, who supervised as marine architects and engineers the construction of the boats; Alexander Miller, of Alexander Miller and Bro., who built them, and J. D. McGuire, of the Worthington Pump company, who designed the pumps.
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