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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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This
admirable
cable
steamer
of
5,000
tons
register
was
built
for
Messrs.
Siemens
Brothers
by
Messrs.
Mitchell
&
Co.,
at
Newcastle.
The
designs
were
mainly
inspired
by
Siemens
himself;
and
after
the
Hooper,
now
the
Silvertown,
she
was
the
second
ship
expressly
built
for
cable
purposes.
All
the
latest
improvements
that
electric
science
and
naval
engineering
could
suggest
were
in
her
united.
With
a
length
of
360
feet,
a
width
of
52
feet,
and
a
depth
of
36
feet
in
the
hold,
she
was
fitted
with
a
rudder
at
each
end,
either
of
which
could
be
locked
when
desired,
and
the
other
brought
into
play.
Two
screw
propellers,
actuated
by
a
pair
of
compound
engines,
were
the
means
of
driving
the
vessel,
and
they
were
placed
at
a
slight
angle
to
each
other,
so
that
when
the
engines
were
worked
in
opposite
directions
the
Faraday
could
turn
completely
round
in
her
own
length.
Moreover,
as
the
ship
could
steam
forwards
or
backwards
with
equal
ease,
it
became
unnecessary
to
pass
the
cable
forward
before
hauling
it
in,
if
a
fault
were
discovered
in
the
part
submerged:
the
motion
of
the
ship
had
only
to
be
reversed,
the
stern
rudder
fixed,
and
the
bow
rudder
turned,
while
a
small
engine
was
employed
to
haul
the
cable
back
over
the
stern
drum,
which
had
been
used
a
few
minutes
before
to
pay
it
out.
The
first
expedition
of
the
Faraday
was
the
laying
of
the
Direct
United
States
cable
in
the
winter
of
1874
a
work
which,
though
interrupted
by
stormy
weather,
was
resumed
and
completed
in
the
summer
of
1875.
She
has
been
engaged
in
laying
several
Atlantic
cables
since,
and
has
been
fitted
with
the
electric
light,
a
resource
which
has
proved
of
the
utmost
service,
not
only
in
facilitating
the
night
operations
of
paying-out,
but
in
guarding
the
ship
from
collision
with
icebergs
in
foggy
weather
off
the
North
American
coast.
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