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Show The Smallest Steamboat. Tho Bn llctof ateamboats Is the Nina, which Is "p''eot In every part, thouRh eipahle of carrylnn hut one paaseuKir. Tlila pssueiiKi r mtmt set as cnptuln, stoker, crew nnd rugliwr, for the Utile craft la only twelve feet Ing tnd throo feet w ide. A speed of five and a hulf mllis nn hour can be obtained by uxlng a preKnurd of one hundred pounds. Tho boat Is easily curried In nerllnns, and Is steered with tho feel by nuans of a. wire. The boiler welch Sn pounds, tho engine 25, the nini'hlnery 20 and the toil I 1'0, In all 21 5 ixiunda. It was built at a coat of Sl.Ir.O. Ohio Biato Journal. |