REBUILT LINER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1730, 22 April 1913, Page 2

REBUILT LINER.

Tho wing boilers had to be raised a coil-' siderable height for tho time being in Older to leave room for the riveters and platers to work at the inner shell. Ono boiler had to be t-aken cut of the ship, and to enable this to be done the forward funnel and up-takes had to bo removed. Tho auxiliary machinery in the engine and turbine room' had to be removed, as well as the ship's side valves and fittings. The electric machinery room has been subdivided, the- main generating sets being now placed ;n two separate watertight compartments, which, in addition to tho special emergency dynamos, should still further add to the security ensured by a continuous supply of light and current for power in any eventuality.

COMPLETE INNER SKIN FOR THE ; OLYMPIC ; The reconstructed White Star liner Olympic early last month left dry dock at Belfast, and she was to be ready to resume her sailings in the New York ser- ; -vice from Southampton on April 2. 1 In the latter part of last yeai the vessel j was placcd in tho hands of her builders, Harlnnd and Wolff, Limited, Belfast, for an inner skin to 'e built and the number and height of watertight bulkhemls to bo increased. Such an undertaking in a completed ship of her size (stales "Tho Tiuves") entailed an immense amount of ! work.