1 88 Book of Steamships 



of her was the Mauretania able to reach 

 dock; at one period of the passage it 

 seemed certain that she would go ashore 

 and become a total wreck. 



Britain still builds steamers for service in 

 America, and the best examples are those 

 which are sent across the Atlantic for duty 

 on the Great Lakes. Here again, we have 

 several distinct types. There is the purely 

 passenger type, with many decks, and 

 cabins which have full views for the 

 scenery passed ; there are massive freighters 

 for the ore traffic of the Lakes, and there 

 are what we might call the composite 

 ships, i.e. those which provide for pas- 

 sengers and cargoes. 



Quite long voyages are undertaken, 

 since the Lakes are linked by means of 

 canals, and it is through these that many 

 of the ships sent out from England are 

 passed to the Lakes. 



Sometimes it is necessary to build the 

 Lake steamer in sections, assemble them 

 here for the trip across the Atlantic, and 



