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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ial, pneumatic and other forms of transportation : Vessels,boats, marine, lake and river transportation: Naval warfare andcoast defence. The displays In this building seem to come closer to the Interestsof every one than do most of the others, and the greatest crowd Isusually found herein. Entering at the south doorway of the mainportion of the building one reaches first the German section. It TRANSPORTATION. 269 occupies this entire end and part of the annex. Its decorativeexhibits are very fine. The particular features consist of two largelocomotives, all kinds of cars, including a Red Cross ambulancetrain, interlocking switch system, etc. Certain exhibits of theUnited States come next, although our own country occupies suclia great portion of the building that its displays may be said to beeverywhere. On the right side of the main aisle is the exhibit ofthe International Navigation Company, including a fine display ofmodels of ocean steamers, and a full size section of one of their
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HARN-ESS EXHIBIT. ocean liners. This Is the celebrated Inman Line so well known Irtocean navig-ation. This full-sized section of one of the new American Line steamersnow being built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and EngineBuilding Company at Philadelphia is over seventy feet long andthirty-five feet wide, or a little more than half the beam and one-seventh the length of the ship Itself. This is such a novel display^and of so much interest to the multitudes of our people who havehad no opportunity to visit such a ship afloat, that It is worthy of 270 TRANSPORTATION. extended description. The floor line of the building comes justwhere the twenty-six foot water line of the ship would be, so thereIs as much of it above the floor as there will be above the water ather draft on sailing-. Therefore if a complete section of the shipwere shown it would have to go down into the ground twenty-sixfeet, or make the top of the funnel twenty-six feet higher. As it is now, the first orpromenad

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