Belle of the Bends

Hartford, John

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Belle of the Bends (Steamboat)
Packets
River steamers
Steamboats

The engines were 18 inches by 8 feet, with three boilers made of Park Brothers' black diamond steel which were 44 inches by 28 feet, and were allowed 178 pounds of steam. There were six flues in each boiler. The wheels were 26 feet in diameter; the buckets 12 feet long and 26 inches wide. There was 14 feet between her main and boiler decks. The cabin was 13 feet wide in the clear, with 17 large rooms on each side, plus a spacious office and bar. At the stern there were two unusually large rooms fitted out with elegant furniture. The 46 lights in the main cabin were grouped in 5 chandeliers, two ceiling clusters, and 4 bracket lights. The texas was 116 feet long.

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