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Show VESSELS BUILT IN SECTIONS . eiiipi intended for Operation on Lakes far Inland Are Now Transported Trans-ported Piecemeal. s A uctl-liiiown shipbuilding Ann In th north of England Is at tho present time building a Vessel which will bo curried to Afrlcn In portions. It .will bo lo-niwenibled nt Its ultlmntu destination. desti-nation. ' - y ' Wfry yenr ships nro built In Grcn't Ilrltulu tor umo on lnkcs'nhd Inland waters In nil parts ot the world. Usi ally thwe nro built nnd bolted together togeth-er In the shipyard before being tnki'ii to ph'i vh and sent tV distant parts In si'pnrnto packnges. A large mission steamer built somo ji-nrs ngo for uso on Lnko NynsMn, In Afilf.il, Wns erected In England ris If for launching. But no rivets were unil bolts nnd nuts held the Mcel frnmowork together. The sides, port' and starboard, wero pnlnted In different differ-ent colors, nnd every bur, plate, nnd pleco of steelwork hero it different number and letter. . i Thus tho builders In Afrlcn could (ell nt n ghiuco whether n plate belonged be-longed to one side or tho other; tha exact position It was Intended to occupy oc-cupy Was denoted by tho refelnco j number nnd loiter. In order to facilitate transport, thli steunier wns divided Into over threo thousand jmcknges, each of which neighed from 1ml f n hundredweight to five hundredweights. The greatest dlfllculty encountered lu sending these ships abroad Is with tho boilers and masts. Tho boilers weigh many tons, nnd the mnsts nro dllllcult to hnudlo on account of their length. |