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Show WILL CAST MONSTER INGOT H Immense Lump of Steel le to Oe Turned Into New Type of Sixteen-Inch Sixteen-Inch Naval Gun. Tlicru Iiiik Just been cast nt tho Bath-li'hciu Bath-li'hciu 8tcl wurkM a inaustor Incut for thu first of tho Itilndi rlllus that lira to arm tho (jicnt now bnttlo crulson of tbo United States navy, under con-Klriietlon con-Klriietlon ut Cniuden. So fur iih Known, writes n Itethlehein (I'u.) corresiond-ent corresiond-ent of tho I'hlladeliihla lteeord, tho foretnoht Khlp of this class now alloat Is the llrltlsh cruiser I.lon, with en- HBb Kinea of 110,000 horso power. Her HBa speed Is u bit better than -10 tulles uu HBa hour nud hIio earrlca 1-Mnch ruiis. Tin HBa American battle cruisers will havo en- HBa glues of 200,000 homo power and each HBa will lo armed with four lO Ineh rllles, HBa which will hboot "0 miles. From pies- HHJ ent Indications there will ho six ot HBa them and Ilethlehem has tho order for hHb all tho cuiiH, which will ho the larc- est on nay ships of this hlud lu any HBfl Tho liiKot n-pilred the contents ot HBb threo open-lieiirlb furnaces, helm,' 15 . feet 7 Indies Ioiik, 100 Inches 111 illume-ter illume-ter and wcIkIiIui; iUO.lXK) pounds. It will tnlie several weeks to cool such HBa an enormous mass of metal, after HHb which It will be cut, bored mid hollow HBb forced on tho erent armor plate press HH Into a tuba SO feet limp;. It is tiro- HBb posed to llnli-h these 10-luch kuih In HBa record time in the now Kim bhop, which HBa is wide enonuli to t'rn thu tube around, HBa with room to spare. Special lathes HBa and other machinery bad to bo con- struct ed to luiuulo ilieso koiis, wlio.su BVJ parts, Kiieh us JacketH, i'lt(,'s aud ,vol;es, lire uli'ciuly belnu foi'Ked. |