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MAURETANIA
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HUDSON-FULTON-CELEBRATION
1609-1807-1909
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100 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN STEAMSHIPS
An exact proportionate picture of the Clermont,
built by Robert Fulton in 1807, and the Mauretania,
a modern leviathan of the Ocean.
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The Clermont was 150 feet long, 13 feet wide.
and 7 feet deep, with a displacement of 160 tons.
Her engines were of 24 inch diameter in cylinder
and 3 feet stroke of piston. Her boiler was 20 feet
long of low pressure. Her speed was about 5 miles
per hour.
The Mauretania 790 feet long, 88 feet wide and
60% feet deep. She is of 32,000 tons and her
turbine engines develop 68,000 horse power giving
her a speed of over 25 miles an hour. The
Mauretania holds the record for the fastest trip
across the Atlantic.
GRAD
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