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Show Largest Anchor Ever Made. What Is said to bo the largest and heaviest anchor aver raado was recently re-cently forged at tho Chnrlostown (Maro.) navy yard. It welsha over eight tons and cost nearly ?2,000. It ia fifteen feet long over all and nlno feet stx tnchos wldo over the points. Tho palms are thirty-two Inches wide. Tho cable for this anchor Is unique also, as regards weight, each Unit weighing eighty pounds. Three hundred hun-dred aad sixty fathoms (2,160 feot) of It are to bo supplied. |