THE VESSEL 



The Carnegie was designed by Henry J. Gielow of New York, 

 who had turned out many of the world's fine yachts. She was 

 built by the Tebo Yacht Basin Company of Brooklyn in 1909. 

 The architect succeeded in combining the graceful lines of a 

 yacht with the requirements of strength and steadiness — the 

 latter being paramount, since delicate instruments were to be 

 used in all weathers. 



She was built of white oak, yellow and Oregon pine. Copper 

 or bronze-composition metal was used for all fastenings in the 

 hull or rigging, in place of iron or steel. The rigging was of hemp, 

 while manila hawsers replaced the usual anchor-chains. The 

 fuel tanks were made of copper and the anchors, davits, galley- 

 ranges, and even the engine and propeller-shaft were specially 

 cast of bronze. There was an old-style fisherman's wooden wind- 

 lass in the bow; and it required the brawn of all hands to up- 

 anchor. Throughout every detail of fitting and commissioning, 

 she was kept free from materials that might introduce errors in 

 the magnetic measurements. 



It is curious to note that Andrew Carnegie, who had acquired 

 his wealth from steel, furnished the funds for constructing a ship 

 in which every effort was made to avoid steel. Someone has said 

 that the Carnegie fulfilled a prophecy by Thomas Hood, the Brit- 

 ish poet and humorist, which he made early last century in a 

 poem entitled "The Compass, with Variations." The following 

 lines occur: 



"They found no gun — no iron, none 

 To vary its direction." 



We did carry a small cannon — for shooting out a breeches-buoy 

 line in case of shipwreck — but it was cast of bronze! 



The unique features of the ship have been the cause of innumer- 

 able quips in ports the world over. It was once reported that 



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