Technical details, including diagrams and equipment lists of " Spartan" built for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co by Christy Corp; length oa 410 ft 6 in.; beam molded 59 ft 6 in.; loaded draft 18 ft 6 in.; powered by 8000-hp steam power plant, with four Foster Wheeler D-type 2-drum boilers each having normal evaporation of 29, 500 lb steam per hr; accommodates 32 loaded freight cars or 150 automobiles.


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    Title :

    C and O operates largest lakes Carferry


    Additional title:

    Mar Eng


    Published in:

    Marine Engineering ; 58 , n 3 ; p 42-57


    Publication date :

    1953


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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