3-028-706 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The iron screw-steamer Limari, for Valparaiso, 1870. 'A handsome screw-steamer...from the building yard of Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer, and Co...for the Valparaiso Steam-Ship Company, to use in their coasting trade between that port and the other ports of Chili [ie Chile]. The Liverpool agents of the company are Messrs. Frederick Huth and Co...The vessel has three decks. The upper or awning deck is of teak-wood, with a captain's house and steering-wheel amidships, in addition to the steering-wheel at the stern. There is also a middle or main deck, and a lower deck for cargo. The after portion of the main deck is fitted up with accommodation for fifty first-class passengers...The seamen and firemen are accommodated in two large side...Between the men's berths and the engine compartment is a large open space, which is intended to be devoted to third-class passengers...The Limari is rigged as a two-masted schooner. She is fitted with four water-tight iron bulkheads, two steam winches, and patent windlass driven by steam, and patent slides on the masts for the sails...This vessel will carry about 1800 tons weight...The whole work of building and fitting has been arranged...under the superintendence of Mr. Dewsbury, the engineering superintendent'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.