tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273409189022605643.post9114392762923880204..comments2023-04-05T11:57:44.724+01:00Comments on Deptford Is...: Deptford's extended shipbuilding legacy: Brunel's Great EasternDEPTFORD IS...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15461323445196003952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273409189022605643.post-91139975147323963852011-10-20T10:04:03.157+01:002011-10-20T10:04:03.157+01:00THE MONSTER STEAM-SHIP.
MANY of our readers are a...THE MONSTER STEAM-SHIP.<br /><br />MANY of our readers are aware that there is now growing into form and shapeliness, upon the shores of the Isle of Dogs, oppo- site the town Deptford, a fabric of enor- mous dimensions, which has lattly begun to assume the proportions of a ship. Un- like all other ships, however, it has not been cradled in docks or suspended on framework, but built upon solid earth; and from this cause, as well a« from the un- couth appearance it presented for many months, that portion of the public which passed up and down the river between London and Greenwich were slow io be- lieve that it was intended for a ship at all. Gradually the huge mast began to speak for itself ; the lofty walls that threatened to enclose an extensive factory, or unite in a range of warehouses, or a formidable forti- fication, vanished by degrees behind an outer covering, which assumed the unmis- takable contour of the swelling hull of a vessel, dispelled all doubt upon the sub- ject, leaving ia its place only amazement at the grandeur of the design, and the vast ness of the undertaking.<br /><br />http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8782768?searchTerm=deptford%20dock&searchLimits=shipwright's palacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11900117587967981962noreply@blogger.com